Sri Lankan Navy opens fire at Indian fishermen, 2 injured

Two Indian fishermen both belonging to Puducherry's Karaikkal have been admitted to hospital after being fired by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Indian Ocean.

The two fishermen, who have been identified as Dinesh and Aravind, are undergoing treatment at the JIPMER hospital.

The attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Naval officers is an ongoing issue and had even been represented during the recent meeting between the Indian and Sri Lankan government that took place in the first week of November.

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except four fishermen who were caught in the first week of November, all other Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan government have been released ahead of the Indian-Sri Lankan officials and fishermen meet.

The Indian fishermen along the cost of Tamil Nadu have been constantly approaching the state and the Central government for solution. Their livelihood has been completely destroyed after the Katchatheevu treat in which the Sri Lankan fishermen were given more rights to the islands between the Sri Lanka and India.