MADURAI: The Sri Lankan Navy handed over two fishermen and the mortal stays of a 3rd fisherman, who died in a mid-sea collision between an Indian trawler and a Sri Lankan patrol vessel, to the Indian Navy close to the Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line early Saturday morning.
The Indian Navy Ship, INS Bitra, which was deployed off the Rameswaram coast, coordinated with the Sri Lankan Navy ship to obtain the fishermen and the deceased at sea.
INS Bitra then proceeded to Rameswaram, the place a naval officer from the Naval Detachment in Rameswaram coordinated with the Coastal Safety Group (Marine Police) and the state authorities’s Fisheries Division to switch the mortal stays and repatriate the 2 fishermen round 3 a.m.
The incident occurred when the Sri Lankan patrol vessel, trying to apprehend a fishing trawler, by accident sank it, throwing the four-member crew—M. Mookaiah, 54, from Nallankulam in Virudhunagar district; R. Muthu Muniyandi, 57; Okay. Malaisamy, 59; and V. Ramachandran, 64, each from Rameswaram—into the water.
Malaisamy died within the incident, whereas Ramachandran went lacking early Thursday morning.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs lodged a powerful protest with the Sri Lankan authorities over the incident, whereas chief minister M. Okay. Stalin introduced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the household of the deceased fisherman.
As search and rescue operations for the lacking fisherman proceed, Rameswaram fishermen introduced an indefinite strike on Friday, demanding the return of Malaisamy’s physique and the repatriation of the 2 fishermen held in Sri Lankan custody with out going through prices.
Additionally they known as for compensation for the boat proprietor whose vessel sank within the accident.
On this context, the Sri Lankan Navy handed over the physique and the 2 fishermen to the Indian Navy.
