Navy repatriates Indian fishermen

Sri Lanka Navy personnel with the Indian fishermen

The Sri Lanka Navy repatriated four Indian fishermen along with their fishing dhow at the Indo-Sri Lanka Maritime Boundary on January 9.

The Indian fishermen who had been drifting in the Northern seas of Sri Lanka were rescued and provided necessary facilities by the Sri Lanka Navy. They were accompanied to IMBL by SLNS "Wickrama II" and handed over to Indian authorities on board Indian Coast Guard ship 'Avvaiyyar'.