Tamil Nadu CM Stalin requests Centre to secure release of detained fishermen by Maldivian Coast Guard

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written a letter to the Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, requesting the release of 12 Tamil fishermen detained by the Maldivian Coast Guard. The fishermen were apprehended on October 23 near Thinadhoo Island. CM Stalin urged the EAM to take up the matter with the Maldives authorities through diplomatic channels to secure their release. Previously, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai also wrote a letter to the EAM seeking the release of 12 fishermen from the state who were arrested for trespassing into Maldivian waters.