Jaya seeks PM's intervention to secure release of fishermen

June 06, 2013 21:06

Strongly protesting the 'abduction' of 49 fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to instruct the external affairs ministry to secure their release.

"I request you to instruct the ministry of external affairs to immediately summon the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in New Delhi and lodge the government of India's strong protest against this latest act of illegal and high-handed abduction of such a large number of innocent fishermen in the Palk Bay by the Sri Lankan Navy," she said in a letter to Dr Singh.

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