Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, seeking his intervention in the release of 12 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who have been detained by the Coast Guard of the Maldives.
Mr. Stalin pointed out that the fishermen had ventured into the sea on October 1, 2023 from the Tharuvaikulam fish landing centre in Thoothukudi in a mechanised fishing boat, bearing the registration number IND–TN–12–MM-6376. He said it was reported that the fishermen were apprehended by the Coast Guard on October 23, 2023 near Thinadhoo Island.
He requested the External Affairs Minister to take up the matter with the Maldivian authorities, through the appropriate diplomatic channels to secure the release of the detained fishermen and their fishing boat at the earliest.
On Friday, October 27, 2023, Thoothukudi MP K. Kanimozhi from the DMK and Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai, also separately wrote to Mr. Jaishankar seeking his intervention in this matter.
