Tamil Nadu marine police detains 3 Sri Lankans
Three Sri Lankan nationals, claiming to have strayed into Indian waters while fishing, were on Saturday detained and their boats seized near Tamil Nadu's Dhanushkodi town by the Marine police. Police spotted the fibreglass boat with three persons, about nine km from Dhanushkodi, officials said. The three reportedly told the police that they were fishermen from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.