Sri Lanka Navy have arrested 75 Indian fishermen and seized their 18 mechanised fishing boats on Wednesday, just days after releasing all the arrested fishermen from Tamil Nadu.


They were arrested while fishing in Sri Lankan waters near Katchatheeevu Islet.

Of the arrested, 25 were from Rameswaram and remaining from Jagadapattinam, Thanjavur and Karaikal, the PTI reported.

Sri Lanka had released 140 fishemen from Tamil Nadu two days back to facilitate the proposed talks between fishermen’s representatives and officials of the two countries to solve the dispute arising out of fishing in the Palk Straits.