The Sri Lankan navy attacked Tamil Nadu fishermen on Sunday, PTI reports.
Fishermen from Rameswaram were threatened by armed Sri Lankan navy personnel near Katchatheevu and around 100 boats had their catch and fishing equipment damaged.
A representative of the fishermen alleged that hundreds of thousands of rupees worth of equipment had been damaged.
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