Vips wrote:We certainly do not know if they were caught 'deep inside SL territory'. There is a difference in Fishermen crossing over the border for some distance in search of a good catch of fish and inimical elements indulging in anti-state activities.
Even otherwise there have been reports of how sri lankan military forces have been violent with our fishermen after catching them. Also, have we set a figure of Rs 1 Crore for release on bail of sri lankan fisherman caught by our Coast Guard?
Anyone entering another country illegally is never treated with respect and welcomed with appreciative murmurs of vasudaiva kutambakam. They are collared and taught the lesson of their lives and rightfully so.
Reports about violence is very true, especially given the nature and surreptitious ingress after evading the patrols on both sides. Ditto is the case for ingress into India too and no red carpet is laid out for these interlopers when we catch their couriers on our side and the IB gets involved.
No one bothers about minor transgressions of a few kilometers here and there
boats drift with the current and also due to prevailing winds, especially when the nets are out
The SLs are not fools to arrest Indian fishermen because of these few KMs
With food, money, fuel and jobs being very scarce in SL, why would the SLs tolerate anyone entering their territory to steal their fish, (one of their vital national assets), and do other illegal activities.
The SL "fishermen" very rarely cross over the Indian territorial limits and so, net net it is a massive one sided movement and mostly by the dravidians
the dravidians politicos who own all these boats and their mostly dravidian hired help have many little tricks to evade the Indian coast guard and the SL navy patrols
the dravidian transgressions into SL waters are willful, deliberate and illegal to the point of criminality and it is not done for fishing
phoning dilli like the dravidian politicos used to do during the "showering in a raincoat" era and getting their fishermen released illegally from SL custody was easy. There was always a political price to pay
Not so easy nowadays with the rajapaksa and Modi govts in place. NATSEC always takes precedence, even over the well deserved कुटाई of some "fishermen"
Every offer by the IN and ICG to escort these fishing boats to ensure their safety has been rejected, as well as, vehemently opposed by these dravidian politicos.
One wonders as to why that is so