Bodies of three fishermen recovered, six still missing
Mangaluru, Apr 17 (UNI) Bodies of three missing fishermen were recovered by Indian Navy during a search operation on Friday night and search continued to rescue six others missing after their boat collided with a foreign cargo vessel off Mangaluru coast on April 12.
A Defence spokesman said INS Nireekshak recovered three bodies of missing fishermen from the fishing boat ‘Rabah’.
“The naval divers after extensive diving (at depth of 150 metres) throughout the day recovered the bodies at about 8 pm on Friday,” he said.
“The ship is presently moving towards Mangalore Harbour and handed over the bodies to the Mangalore police for further action,” he said.
The ship, which intends to return to the accident site, will resume Search and Rescue operations for the remaining six persons, the spokesman said.
Of the 14 who ventured in the boat on April 14 from Beypore in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, two were saved.The bodies of three other fishermen were recovered and sent to their native places after post-mortem, the sources said.
Two of the deceased were from Colachel in Tamil Nadu and one from West Bengal.Vessels and choppers of the Indian Coast Guard, Navy and coastal security police have been searching for the missing fishermen since the last three days.
Fishing boats from Mangaluru and Kozhikode also took part in the search operations, the sources said.
