In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked today by the Sri Lankan navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits,
Official sources said the Lankan Navymen attacked the fishermen with stones, nylon ropes and rods and took away their three boats.
The detained fishermen had been taken to Mannar district in Sri Lanka for being remanded there, the sources said.
On Sunday, the Lankan Navy, allegedly took away the catch netted by fishermen who put to sea from Rameswaram, when they were near Katchatheevu after surrounding 10 boats.
In another incident on the same day in Nagapattinam, eight fishermen of Vedaranyam village were injured in an attack allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel in mid-sea off Arukattuthurai in Tamil Nadu