The sailor is suspected to have died by suicide. Mumbai Police, in a statement, said that prima facie, the deaths of the sailor's wife and two children, aged two months and three years respectively, appear to have been caused by poisoning

The fishermen were arrested near Urumalei Point in Talaimannar on Wednesday night, the Navy said. According to a Navy release, the trawler had allegedly crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) into Sri Lankan waters and was engaged in bottom trawling when it was seized