Sri Lanka releases all 51 Tamil Nadu fishermen

RAMESWARAM: Providing a much needed relief for the anguished fishermen community in the State, Sri Lanka on Friday ordered the release of all the 51 fishermen from Tamil Nadu arrested by their Navy during the months of November and December 2016, for allegedly poaching into Sri Lankan waters while fishing in Palk Straits and Gulf of Mannar and other nearby fishing areas in the Bay of Bengal.