No Indian fishermen arrested: Sri Lankan Navy

 PTI-April 14, 2013

Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday denied the arrest of nine Indian fishermen hailing from Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu, as reported in the Indian media.

"We have not arrested any Indian fishermen anywhere", Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya, the naval spokesman said. Indian media had reported that nine fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing mid-sea.

The incident comes two days after Sri Lanka freed 19 Indian fishermen arrested last month, following a court order.

Early this month, some 56 fishermen had been arrested on two separate occasions by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of poaching in Sri Lanka's international maritime limits.

A Sri Lankan court has extended the remand of the 26 fishermen from Karaikal upto April 19 while the case relating to the arrest of 30 fishermen from Rameswaram on April 6 has been been posted for hearing on April 18.

Also, on April 12, six fishermen, who ventured into the sea from Karaikal were injured when they were allegedly attacked by Sri Lankan naval men off Kodiakarai coast.

Two young women raped by six men

SUNDAY, 14 APRIL 2013 

Two suspects have been arrested by police regarding an incident where two young women were raped by six men at the bund at Deduruoya project in Mahawa Police Division say reports.

The two young women of 16 and 20 are sisters residing at Kobaigana and have been raped first by their lovers. Later, four others who had come to the site too have raped the young women.

Mahawa Police have commenced investigations to apprehend the other four suspects. The two young women have been admitted to Kurunegala Hospital.