Oorkavalthurai Judicial Magistrate Mahindhira Raja passed the order extending their remand, President of Nesakarangal Charitable Trust and Pamban Fishermen Organisation S Armstrong Fernand told reporters here quoting information received from Sri Lanka.
19 fishermen of Kottaipattinam in Pudukottai district were arrested with their four boats on September 19, while others with their one boat on October three by Sri Lankan Naval Personnel for allegedly entering their territorial waters and lodged in Jaffna prison.