Another Tamil Nadu fisherman brutally killed by Lankan Navy

[bhagat]

NAGAPATTINAM: Another Tamil Nadu fisherman was killed in a brutal manner on Saturday night by the Sri Lankan Navy off Vedaranyam coast in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu.

This time though, a young fisherman was dragged into the sea with a rope tied around his neck by the Lankan naval personnel. Only 10 days ago, another young fisherman had been killed mid-sea by Lankan naval personnel.

State fisheries department officials said N Jayakumar (27), his brother A Senthil (25) and A Rajendran (55), all from Pushpavanam village had ventured into the sea on Saturday morning in a fibre boat.

They had cast their net in the evening and were fishing south east of Kodiakkarai coast when a Sri Lankan naval vessel approached them around 11 pm. The Lankan naval personnel ordered the fishermen to jump into the sea. Rajendran and Senthil jumped immediately. But Jayakumar hesitated as he had lost two fingers in his right arm during the 2004 tsunami making it difficult for him to swim in the sea. Even as he was pleading with the Sri Lankan naval personnel, they entered his boat, tied a rope around his neck and pushed him into the sea. "Holding the other end of the rope in their boat, the Lankan naval personnel had dragged him for a while in the sea. Later they had asked the other two fishermen to take Jayakumar into the boat and left the place," a fisheries official told TOI.

By the time Rajendran and Senthil pulled Jayakumar into the boat, he was found dead. S Vivekandanthan, assistant director (marine), department of fisheries said they were waiting for the postmortem examination report.

"According to the fishermen, Jayakumar was thrown into the sea with a rope tied around his neck and was drowned to death," he said.

Meanwhile, in Chennai, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who called on chief minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday morning, told reporters that he would take up the matter with the external affairs ministry.

"We have been helping the Sri Lankan government. There is no justification for what they are doing. If our fishermen have done anything wrong, there is a due procedure," he told reporters after the meeting Karunanaidhi at his residence in Chennai. (Read: Pranab asks Lankan navy to desist shooting Indian fishermen)

RMP Rajendran Nattar, district president of Indian National Fishermen Trade Union said that it has been a regular practice of Sri Lankan navy to throw fishermen into the sea if they refuse to part with their fish catch. Only on January 12, a fisherman from Jagathapattinam in Pudukottai was shot dead by the Lankan Navy.

 

[IndianArmy]

This Is getting Serious and Serious Day By day.... Get KanchaTheevu Back if those Idiots cannot Keep there Promises made to Indira Gandhi, Every time there President denies any venture such as these from the Sri lankan navy and we get Dead Bodies of Poor Fishermen.... Once they even tore the Indian Flag attached to the Boats...

 

[ajtr]

This Is getting Serious and Serious Day By day.... Get Mullai Theevu Back if those Idiots cannot Keep there Promises made to Indira Gandhi, Every time there President denies any venture such as these from the Sri lankan navy and we get Dead Bodies of Poor Fishermen.... Once they even tore the Indian Flag attached to the Boats...

kyonji where this rage of urs go when bsf kills poor bangladeshi girl on indo-bangla border.

 

[Wonderer]

kyonji where this rage of urs go when bsf kills poor bangladeshi girl on indo-bangla border.

You freekin trol . Is this thread about BSF or bangladesh?

 

[IndianArmy]

kyonji where this rage of urs go when bsf kills poor bangladeshi girl on indo-bangla border.

Is there any Accord Signed Between India and Bangladesh that People can trespass Into India??? Where As When Indira Gandhi gave Kanchatheevu to Sri Lanka she Put Only One condition, The Permission for Indian Fishermen to Fish There, which is Being brutally Denied Now....

 

[ajtr]

You freekin trol . Is this thread about BSF or bangladesh?

but essence is same.when bangladeshis blame indian bsf for killing indian members here condone that killing and now u find urself in same position u show the rage????

 

[Ignited Mind]

Looks like too much pandering to the Sri Lankans is getting to their heads. Lagta hai kuch zyada hee pyaar ho gaya in se.

Enough carrots, now it's time for some stick.

 

[EagleEyes]

You freekin trol . Is this thread about BSF or bangladesh?

Post your counter message, dont need to give troll fatwas. We decide what is trolling and what not.

Thank you for reporting.

 

[Wonderer]

but essence is same.when bangladeshis blame indian bsf for killing indian members here condone that killing and now u find urself in same position u show the rage????

YOU ? its not me who gt killed its was a fisherman. What do u mean by you? an Indian? Have you surrendered indian passport already?

 

[Spring Onion]

RIP to the dead soul.

And just reading the headline i was thinking some bharatis may feel the pain of Bangladeshis too being inflicted on them when Indian Border Security personnel kill Bangladeshis on Indo-BD border.

 

[samv]

Yawn.

First furnish the proof that it was the Sri Lankan Navy that "killed" the fisherman.

Still no evidence that the last fisherman that was "killed" met his demise at the hands of the SL navy.

Funny how all this happens in the run up to the Tamil Nadu elections.

 

[ajtr]

Is there any Accord Signed Between India and Bangladesh that People can trespass Into India??? Where As When Indira Gandhi gave Mullai theevu to Sri Lanka she Put Only One condition, The Permission for Indian Fishermen to Fish There, which is Being brutally Denied Now....

most of the bangladeshis were shot across the border on their own land as report shows.like the recent one.even indian govt has regretted that.

 

[samv]

Is there any Accord Signed Between India and Bangladesh that People can trespass Into India??? Where As When Indira Gandhi gave Mullai theevu to Sri Lanka she Put Only One condition, The Permission for Indian Fishermen to Fish There, which is Being brutally Denied Now....

Mullaitivu is a town in North Eastern Sri Lanka. Clearly you are clueless.

 

[samv]

Looks like too much pandering to the Sri Lankans is getting to their heads. Lagta hai kuch zyada hee pyaar ho gaya in se.

Enough carrots, now it's time for some stick.

Everyone is shaking in their boots.

 

[ajtr]

Sri Lanka denies killing Tamil Nadu fisherman

New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Sunday denied the charges on The Lankan Navy of killing a Tamil Nadu fisherman saying that the Sri Lankan Navy is not involved. Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said, "The Lankan Navy is not involved, but serious investigations will be held to find out who is the behind such mischief."
The High Commissioner also said that Sri Lankan Navy never crosses the Indian side. He said, "Sri Lanka is not involved in the killing and the Lankan Navy has been told not to shoot on the Indian fishermen."
The Sri Lankan Navy allegedly killed another fisherman from Tamil Nadu, leading to an outrage in the state.

The fisherman, Jayakumar, is alleged to have been strangulated and pushed into the water by the Lankan navy. The body was brought to Nagapattinam on Sunday. This is the second fisherman to be killed allegedly by Lankan navy in ten days.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who discussed the incident with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said, "There is no justification for shooting the fishermen. If Indian fishermen have done anything wrong, there is a due procedure of resolving."
Foreign Minister SM Krishna condemned the killing saying that it was totally unacceptable and has asked for more information from the Tamil Nadu government.