Mangaluru: At least three fishermen are feared dead and nine others are missing after their fishing boat collided off the coast of Mangaluru early Tuesday, sources said.
The boat, IFB Rabah, with 14 fishermen on board, departed from Beypore in the Kozhikode district in Kerala on Sunday night.
The owner of the boats, Jaffer, said in Kozhikode that he had received information that three of them had died in the accident.
Seven of the fishermen are from Tamil Nadu and the rest from West Bengal and Odisha.
Two fishermen have been rescued from the sea, the Indian Coast Guard said.
“In a fast-moving sea-air #SAR operation @IndiaCoastGuard deployed # # ICG ships and aircraft to search for 14 fishermen from IFB Rabah, about 43 NM west #NewMangalore # today. 02 crew found, looking for other crew in progress, ”it tweeted.
In a fast sea air #SAR operation @IndiaCoastGuard deployed 03 #ICG ships and aircraft to search for 14 fishermen from IFB ‘Rabah’ about 43 NM west #NuweMangalore # today. 02 crew found, search for other crew in progress.@DefenceMinIndia @Min_FAHD @skipmin_india @WoordvoerderMoD
– Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) 13 April 2021
A ship from Singapore, MV APL Le Havre, reportedly collided with the boat.
The Coast Guard said three of its vessels and hijackers are continuing the search for the missing fishermen.
Source: Telangana Today