Thoothukudi MP and DMK leader Kanimozhi has assured a delegation from the International Fishermen Development Trust (INFIDET) that she will take efforts for the release of five captains and their boats detained in Seychelles.
According to P. Justin Antony, president of INFIDET, a voluntary service team based in Kanniyakumari met Ms. Kanimozhi in Chennai on Saturday and submitted a memorandum. The MP promised to take up the issue with officials concerned in New Delhi and help in securing the release of the captains and their five boats.
As many as 61 fishermen and five boats were detained betSeychelle authorities ween March 7 and 9. INFIDET had sent representations to the Central and State governments and to the Indian Embassy in Seychelles, whose timely efforts resulted in the release of 56 fishermen, except the five captains of the vessels, without any penalty on March 22 . The next hearing of their case was scheduled for April 19, Mr. Antony added.
