John Wilbert & Vikramaditya
Port Blair, Apr 12: In a shocking development, as many as 10 Fishermen of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been arrested by Myanmar Navy on 10th April 2021 at around 01.00 AM.
As per information, these fishermen had gone for fishing on 4th April 2021 from Junglighat Jetty in a fishing trawler, namely “Sobha Shree” towards Landfall Island, North Andaman.
As per sources, yesterday morning Andaman Nicobar Command received a message that 10 fishermen from Andaman were arrested by Myanmar Navy and then the information was passed on to the Directorate of Fisheries.
When contacted the Director of Fisheries Department, Mr. Utpal Kumar Sar said that yesterday the department got the information from Indian Navy about the arrest of fishermen from Andaman. The message was immediately passed on to senior officers of A & N Administration and the owner of the Trawler, Mr. Retik Krishnan has been asked to provide details of all fishermen.
Andaman Sheekha Daily has learnt that once the names and other details of all fishermen are obtained, the Administration will take up this matter with concerned Ministry for early release of Andaman Fishermen. Further details are awaited.
