Overview
- Arrests spanned October 8–9, with 30 fishermen held near Talaimannar and 17 near Neduntheevu, and five mechanised trawlers seized.
- Those detained, from Rameswaram and Karaikal, were presented in Sri Lankan courts and remanded to prisons in Jaffna and Vavuniya.
- Sri Lankan authorities accuse the crews of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and engaging in unauthorized fishing.
- Chief Minister M. K. Stalin wrote to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking swift release of the fishermen and revival of the India–Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on Fisheries.
- Tamil Nadu reports 74 state fishermen and 242 boats currently in Sri Lankan custody, while local leaders warn the arrests are hurting livelihoods ahead of Deepavali.