Fishermen in Tamil Nadu on Saturday threatened to "lay siege" to Sri Lanka's Deputy High Commission in Chennai on February 29, in protest at the ongoing arrests and detention of fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy.
The decision came after a meeting between fishermen from Tuticorin, Kanyakumari, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Karaikal, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Ramanathapuram, PTI reported.
"Seventy eight fishing boats have been seized by Sri Lankan naval personnel in 2015 and had not been released yet. The boats are valued at between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 30 lakh each, depending on their size," the president of the Nagapattinam fishermen's group, Mr Rajendran was quoted by PTI as saying.
"If that agitation also fails to get back the fishermen and boats, we will intensify our agitation statewide," he added.
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