The Sri Lankan navy said on Tuesday it had detained two Indian vessels with 21 Indian fishermen aboard for poaching off the coast of the city of Jaffna, located on the northern tip of Sri Lanka

The decision has come after Sialkot incident where a mob lynched a Sri Lankan factory worker.

The Indian government is in close contact with Sri Lankan authorities over the recent detention of over 30 Indian fishermen and seizure of their vessels, the spokesman for the Indian Foreign Ministry, Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday