Murderous attack on mechanised boat fishermen by country boat fishermen; boat hijacked with nine fishermen

The fishermen of a mechanised vessel from neighbouring Thoothukudi territory came nether murderous onslaught connected highseas connected Tuesday by the state vessel fishermen.

A radical of 9 fishermen from Tharuvaikulam successful Thoothukudi district, including operator Vinodhan, 28, was going for multi-day heavy oversea sportfishing successful the mechanised vessel of Amala Narmadha Asha connected Monday evening. When they were crossing the heavy oversea disconnected Koothenkuzhi coast astir 7 a.m. connected Tuesday, 20 Koothenkuzhi fishermen who allegedly surrounded the mechanised vessel successful 2 fibreglass boats, entered the mechanised boat.

After unleashing murderous onslaught connected the Tharuvaikulam fishermen with alloy rods, clubs and the blunt broadside of the machetes, the state vessel fishermen from Koothenkuzhi hijacked the mechanised vessel with the fishermen to their village. Mr. Vinodhan has sustained bleeding chopped wounded down the close ear.

On getting information, Ms. Amala Narmadha filed a ailment with the Tharuvaikulam Coastal Security Group constabulary seeking the rescue of the vessel with the fishermen.

Fisherman S. Antony Lawrence of Tharuvaikulam said the fibreglass vessel fishermen, aft spreading their fishnets successful heavy oversea would hold for a portion for catching the food and retrieve the nets with fishes. When the bottom-trawling mechanised boats transverse the country wherever the fishnet had been spread, the larger boats’ bottommost trawling nets would harm the fishnets of the state boats and it would pb to confrontation betwixt the mechanised vessel and state vessel fishermen. In this case, this mechanised vessel with gillnet is progressive successful heavy oversea sportfishing and hence the vas had not lowered the gillnet. There was nary harm to the fibreglass vessel fishermen’s nett successful this incident. Without knowing it, the Koothenkuzhi fishermen person attacked the Tharuvaikulam fishermen,” Mr. Antony Lawrence said.

Koodankulam marine constabulary are investigating.