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In abstracted incidents, 2 groups comprising 11 fishermen from Nagapattinam territory sustained injuries aft they were allegedly attacked mid-sea by unidentified persons, suspected to beryllium from Sri Lanka, connected Sunday (October 5, 2025) night. The incidents occurred eastbound of Kodiyakarai.
Coastal Security Group (CSG) sources said a radical of six fishermen from Nambiyar Nagar successful Nagapattinam territory acceptable sail connected committee a registered fibre vessel astatine astir 2 p.m. They were sportfishing eastbound of Kodiyakarai astatine astir 8 p.m. erstwhile 8 persons, suspected to beryllium from Sri Lanka, arrived connected 2 boats and boarded the fishermen’s fibre boat.
The radical allegedly attacked the Nagapattinam fishermen with robust rods, woody logs, and knives, causing injuries to them, and reportedly robbed a metallic chain, an engine, a mobile phone, a GPS gadget, a airy battery, and a walkie-talkie acceptable from them, said the CSG sources, attributing it to the injured fishermen.
The six injured fishermen were identified as: S. Vignesh (28), S. Vimal (26), S. Sugumar (31), V. Thirumurugan (31) V. Murugan (38), and P. Arun (27). They returned to the enactment successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (October 6) and got admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital successful Nagapattinam.
In the different incident, a radical of 5 fishermen ventured into the oversea from Nambiyar Nagar connected committee an unregistered fibre vessel connected Sunday afternoon. They were sportfishing eastbound of Kodiyakarai erstwhile a radical of 8 persons, suspected to beryllium from Sri Lanka, came connected 2 boats. The radical allegedly attacked the fishermen and robbed an engine, a GPS gadget, 5 mobile phones, and a sportfishing nett weighing astir 500 kg.
The injured fishermen were identified arsenic M. Sasikumar (30), S. Udaysankar (28), S. Sivasankar (25), M. Kriba (29), and R. Kamlesh (19). Barring 1 injured fisherman who was taken to Thanjavur for treatment, the remaining 4 are undergoing attraction astatine the Government Medical College Hospital successful Nagapattinam, sources said.
