Indian fishermen will be shot if they venture into our waters, says SL PM

March 07, 2015 09:42

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has justified Lankan Navy's actions against Indian fishermen saying that that the law creates provisions for a man to 'shoot' an intruder in his home.

In an interview, he said, "If someone tries to break into my house, I can shoot. If he gets killed... Law allows me to do that... On the fishermen issue, as far as I'm concerned, I have very very strong lines. These are our waters... Fishermen of Jaffna should be allowed to fish. We stopped them from fishing, which is why the Indian fishermen came in. They are willing to have a deal... Let's have a reasonable deal... But not at the expense of the income of the northern fishermen."

Wickramasinghe comments come ahead of Prime Minister Modi's scheduled visit to Sri Lanka next week. The Lankan PM feels that the shootings does not violate human rights and questions "Why are you coming into our waters? Why are you fishing in our waters? Stay on the Indian side.There will be no issue."

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