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Indian boat damaged after SL naval vessel collides with it

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Press Trust of India Rameswaram (TN)
Last Updated : Nov 20 2016 | 2:42 PM IST
An Indian fishing boat was damaged after a Sri Lankan naval vessel collided with it off Katchatheevu today, but the fishermen on board were not injured, fisheries department officials here said.
The naval personnel snapped the nets of 80 fishermen and also chased away hundreds of other fishermen by allegedly pelting stones at them, they said.
Meanwhile, 11 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were arrested yesterday by Lankan navy have been lodged in a prison at Karainagar in the island nation, the officials said.

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First Published: Nov 20 2016 | 2:42 PM IST

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