A group of fishermen from here were beaten up and their boats damaged allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel near Katchatheevu,official sources said here on Sunday.
The fishermen, who had put out to sea in 685 boats on Saturday, were fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974, when a group of 50 boats came under attack allegedly from Lankan naval personnel.
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