Lankan Navy sinks Tamil Nadu fishermen’s boat, arrests four

The personnel damaged the fishing nets and took away the GPS equipment, police added. (Representational image)

The Sri Lankan Navy allegedly sunk a boat belonging to fishermen hailing from Rameswaram, while they were fishing near Katchateevu and arrested four of them, the police said Thursday.

The naval personnel chased the fishermen away and allegedly rammed their vessel into the fishermen’s late Wednesday night and took four of them away to the island nation, they said.

The personnel damaged the fishing nets and took away the GPS equipment, police added.