Colombo: The festering India-Sri Lanka fishermen issue only worsened on Saturday with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stirring a controversy, when he referred to intruding Indian fishermen and said his country’s law has a provision to “shoot” anyone trying to “break into my house”.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj meets Sri Lanka’s PM Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo on Saturday. Pic/PTI