Gadkari assures steps to bring back five fishermen from Lanka

November 04, 2014 17:40

The families of five fishermen, who were awarded capital punishment by a Sri Lankan court last month on drug-trafficking charges, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and sought immediate steps by India to bring them back home.

Gadkari assured them government would take necessary legal steps and take up their case in the court in Sri Lanka for their release.

He also informed them that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had instructed Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka to hold talks with officials concerned in the island nation to secure the release of the fishermen.

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