The island of 'Katchatheevu' which belongs to Tamils and Tamilnadu, was ceded to Sri Lanka, in the year 1974, by the then Prime Minister Tmt. Indira Gandhi, overlooking all constitutional provisions. It was done in order to maintain good relationship with Sri Lanka. As a result of this hand over, the Tamil Indian Fishermen lost their rights. which they exercised over the island and the surrounding seas for over thousand years. This deprivation has resulted in our Fishermen being attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy. Estimates say that so far, 500 Indian Fishermen have been killed, 3000 fishermen were permanently disabled and thousand others were injured, besides hundreds of them have disappeared. many more have been illegally detained in Sri Lankan jails and have been harassed and tortured. All these are some brief accounts of atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan Navy on our innocent Indian Tamil Fishermen.
