Recently, 13 Indian fishermen, hailing from Tamil Nadu, were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on the charge of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
It is an uninhabited island that India handed over to Sri Lanka in 1974. Due to the presence of a Catholic shrine, Sri Lanka later proclaimed Katchatheevu a sacred territory.
The island is located between Neduntheevu, Sri Lanka and Rameswaram, and has been traditionally used by both Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian fishermen.
