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    President Rajapaksa orders release of five Indian Fishermen

    May 26, 2014

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the release of five Indian fishermen in custody in Colombo as a “goodwill gesture” on Modi's swearing in ceremony.

     

    He will attend the ceremony on Monday (26) where BJP leader Narendra Modi’ will be sworn in as Prime Minister of India.

     

    At present there are no Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan prisons facing charges of trespassing, but there are six others arrested at different points in the last two years on charges of smuggling drugs, according to officials at the Indian High Commission here.

     

    The President’s delegation includes Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris, Monitoring MP for the Ministry of External Affairs Sajin Vass Gunawardena, Minister Arumugam Thondaman and the Mayor of Jaffna Yogeswari Patkunarajah.

    He would return to Colombo Tuesday evening, sources said.

     

    Last modified on Monday, 26 May 2014 04:57

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