Four fishermen attacked by SL Navy
Posted on: 11/Apr/2013 2:25:05 PM
Four Indian fishermen were admitted in a government hospital at Nagapattinam after they returned from sea on Thursday morning with injuries. They had left their homes on Wednesday.
The fishermen claimed that they were attacked with wooden logs by the Sri Lankan Navy. They also said that their catch was destroyed. They were four nautical miles off the coast of Kodikarai when a speed boat that contained Sri Lankan Navy personnel attacked them.
The names of the injured fishermen are Slevam, Mariyappan, Vijaykumar and Soundararajan. They all come from the fishing hamlet of Vellapallam near Nagapattinam.
