The dispute over the disappearance of four Indian fishermen and the subsequent recovery of two of their bodies has taken a fresh turn with the relatives of one of the victims claiming that ' a large Sri Lankan Navy vessel' was involved in the initial confrontation.
The allegation had been levelled by the brother of one of the victims who testified at a magisterial inquiry last weekend in Jaffna before the body of one of the fishermen was released to them. Xavier Luman, 38 told the inquiry that he was in one of the 300 odd Indian fishing boats when he witnessed his brother’s boat confronted by what he described as a ‘large Sri Lankan Navy vessel’. He did not specify whether they were in Sri Lankan territorial waters or not.