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Case registered again unknown
lankan navy person
Rameswaram (TN), Sep 23
Tamil Nadu Police have registered a case against
'unknown' Sri Lankan Naval personnel for
allegedly assaulting fishermen of this island
and robbing them of their fish catch in mid sea
on Tuesday. This is the first time in the last
two decades that a case has been registered
against Sri Lankan Naval personnel though
complaints about such attacks on the state
fishermen had been made on numerous occasions,
police said. The case was filed by Mandapam
Marine Police on a complaint from H Keba, one of
the seven fishermen injured in the incident that
occurred when they were fishing in Indian waters
between Danushkodi and Katchatheevu, an islet
ceded by India to Sri Lanka in 1974, police
said.
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The Sri Lankan Naval personnel had been charged
under Indian Penal Code sections 498 (unlawful
assembly), 392 (robbery), 323 (causing simple
injury) and 427 (damaging property), DSP
Thyagarajan said. Officials said the complaint
would be forwarded to the government for further
action. Incidents of attacks on fishermen
allegedly by Sri Lankan Naval personnel had been
a major issue in the state with political
parties urging the Centre to issue a stern
warning to the neighbouring country to desist
from such acts. The Central government, however,
has been maintaining it would protect the
fishermen as long as they do not stray into the
Lankan waters, which has huge fish wealth
