Six fishermen injured in stone pelting; 10 boats damaged in Rameswaram

Six fishermen were injured and 10 boats damaged when Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly pelted stones at them while they were fishing near Katchatheevu islet today.

Fisheries department officials said one of the fishermen suffered multiple injuries when broken window glass panes of the boat struck him under the impact of stoning.

The Sri Lankan Naval personnel also cut the fishing nets of the boats, they said.

All the injured have been hospitalised and are out of danger, they said.

Katchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974.