VELLAPALLAM, India - “Drifting on the strait between India and Sri Lanka, an Indian fisherman named Sakthivel cowered in his boat,†Jim Yardley wrote in The New York Times. “A Sri Lankan naval officer, who took the man's photograph, delivered a warning: If we find you in Sri Lankan waters again, you will never leave.â€
“Returning to this Indian fishing village, Sakthivel quickly sold his boat and swore off fishing,†Mr. Yardley wrote. But uneducated and jobless, he took to fishing again to feed his family, and “again set out toward Sri Lanka, and never returned.†Mr. Sakthivel has been missing for almost a year.
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