MLA G. Aiyappan and municipal chairman T. Thangarasu along with partymen during a protest in Cuddalore on Wednesday.
CUDDALORE:
MLA G.Aiyappan, municipal chairman T. Thangarasu and over 200 fishermen owing allegiance to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam were taken into custody when they tried to besiege the Cuddalore Port office here on Wednesday.
They were protesting the arrest of 106 fishermen from Akkarapettai in Nagapattinam district by the Sri Lankan Navy. They raised slogans decrying the action of the Sri Lankan Navy. It was reported that 106 fishermen had set sail from Akkarapettai on February 12 in 18 boats. They were surrounded by Sri Lankan fishermen and handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy. Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, who addressed the gathering in front of the Port office, said that though the agitation was organised at short notice, there was huge gathering of fishermen and it indicated the seriousness of the problem.
The State government had been expressing displeasure over the ill-treatment meted out to Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy on the high seas and, therefore, it had taken up the fishermen's cause with the authorities concerned. If justice is not rendered to the Tamil Nadu fishermen, the agitation would continue, Mr. Panneerselvam said. After the Minister left, the police personnel rounded up the protestors. Before boarding the police van, Mr. Aiyappan said that the Sri Lankan Navy should free the Tamil Nadu fishermen unconditionally and immediately.
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