Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), Aug 3 (Reporter) The Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday detained four Indian fishermen and confiscated their mechanized fishing trawler allegedly for trespassing into the Island Nation's territorial waters and indulged in illegal fishing activities. Preliminary reports quoting fisheries officials said here that the detained fishermen hailed from Jegathapattinam coastal hamlet in Pudukottai district. They were apprehended while fishing near Delft Island off Jaffna. They were later taken to the Kankesanthurai port for further inquiry. The incident comes barely two days after one fishermen from Tamil Nadu was killed and two others were arrested by the Lankan Navy when the boat in which they were fishing in high seas collided with the Sri Lankan Navy's patrol boat. One fishermen was missing in the incident, which occurred near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). The body of the deceased fishermen, Malaisamy, was taken by the Lankan Navy along with two arrested fishermen after the collision. Malaisamy, who hailed from Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district, fell from the boat in the impact of the collision, and drowned in the sea. The two arrested, Muthu Muniyandi and Mookaiya, were rescued by Lankan Navy and taken to Lanka. A search was on to trace the missing fisherman, identified as Ramachandran, with the help of Indian Coast Guard and Navy. Chief Minister M K Stalin termed this incident as devastating and urged the Centre to take steps to repatriate mortal remains of the deceased fisherman and secure the release of the other two arrested. Thanks to the Chief Minister's efforts, the Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday handed over the body of Malaisamy and released two other fishermen abducted by it for allegedly fishing in their waters. A defence release here said the Sri Lankan Navy handed over the fishermen and the mortal remains of the fisherman to Indian Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) at the wee hours of around 1 AM today. Indian Navy ship, INS Bitra, which was on deployment off Rameshwaram coordinated with Sri Lankan Navy ship and received the fishermen and the dead body at sea. The Indian Navy ship then proceeded to Rameshwaram, where Navy Officer from Naval Detachment coordinated with Marine Police and Fisheries Department of Tamilnadu government, in transferring the mortal remains and the fishermen, at around 3 AM...////...