Sri Lanka Navy denies shooting Indian fisherman

Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), in a media statement issued yesterday (11), categorically and unequivocally denied the allegations made by certain indiscriminate sections of that media of involvement in the killing of an Indian fisherman on Saturday (9) night.

"Sri Lanka Navy exercises utmost care not to cross the International Maritime Boundary Line between Sri Lankan and Indian territorial waters while conducting patrolling and maritime surveillance to prevent LTTE arms smuggling and infiltration across the Gulf of Mannar and the Polk Bay," it added.

The statement also drew attention to the recent incident where the Sri Lanka Navy did not open retaliatory fire when the persons yet to be identified on board two Indian fishing trawlers fired on one of SLN fibre glass boats in the seas off Talaimannar on the February 4, 2008. Then SLN boats did not retaliate in order to avoid other Indian fishing boats being hit in the cross fire.

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