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A fibre boat, with 4 fishermen from Nagapattinam connected board, that ventured into the oversea connected Monday (May 25, 2026) day capsized a fewer nautical miles disconnected the Kodiyakarai coast. Three fishermen were rescued, portion the different is missing.
The 4 fishermen enactment retired to oversea from Kodiyakarai and were expected to instrumentality by 6 a.m. connected Tuesday (May 26). The fishermen did not instrumentality arsenic scheduled and their sportfishing nett was recovered washed ashore astatine Kodiyakadu coast.
Police sources said a hunt was launched and the fibre vessel was recovered capsized a fewer nautical miles off Point Calimere. Three fishermen who were holding connected to the overturned vessel were rescued by Kodiyakarai fishermen. They were brought to the enactment connected Tuesday greeting and taken to the Vedaranyam Government Hospital.
The rescued fishermen are: M. Selvaganapathi (30), P. Pothuvudaichelvan (27), and V. Kumar (40) – each from Kodiyakadu. S. Anbuselvan (44) of Kodiyakarai has been reported missing.
