34 Indian fishermen on way back from Lanka

March 16, 2013 19:05

The 34 Indian fishermen, released by Sri Lanka, today left for India after spending a night in Jaffna. "Five boats with 34 Indian fishermen have started sailing off towards International Maritime Border Line (IMBL)," an Indian official in Colombo said.

They said that the fishermen were under the care of the Indian consulate in a private accommodation in Jaffna after their release by Kayts Magistrate yesterday. The officials said that on reaching Jaffna from Kayts, which is an hour drive away, two sick fishermen were immediately taken to a private hospital in Jaffna by officials of the Consulate and given medical care.

"When the two left in the morning for Delft to sail off, they were in a better condition," an official said. All of the 34 fishermen were given food, clothes, towels, toiletries and required medicines, he added.

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