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Sri Lanka to release 86 Indian fishermen

Xinhua, October 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

86 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the past two months, would be released on October 28, Sri Lankan local media quoted the official release of Indian government today.

Indian government would also release two Sri Lankan fishermen in its custody on the same day, the report said.

"The Union government has informed that Sri Lanka would release 86 fishermen (hailing from Tamil Nadu) on October 28," the official release quoted by Sri Lankan media said.

The Tamil Nadu fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts were arrested and lodged in jails in Sri Lanka between September 22 and October 14 this year. Endi