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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)

Mangaluru, Apr 13: Three fishermen were killed and several went missing after a fishing boat with 14 people capsized in deep-sea here on Tuesday, April 13. The Indian Coast Guard is using ship and aircraft to locate the missing fishermen.

The boat sank 43 nautical miles of Bunder port. The incident reportedly took place at 2.30 am on Tuesday. 

It is gathered that a ship from Singapore APL LE HAVRE collided with the boat. The boat 'Rabah' belongs to Jaafar of Beypore in Kozhikode district in Kerala which ventured into the sea from Beypore on Sunday. 

Killed fishermen 

Rescued fishermen Sunil Das and Velmurukan

The workers in the fishing boat were seven each from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Reportedly, two people were rescued. The rescued are identified as Sunil Das (34) of West Bengal and Velmurukan (37) of Tamil Nadu. 

It is said that nine people are still missing.

Earlier, the official Twitter handle of Indian Coast Gaurd had tweeted regarding the incident and the rescue operation. 

In a swift sea-air #SAR operation @IndiaCoastGuard deployed 03 #ICG ships & aircraft to search for 14 fishermen of IFB ‘Rabah’ approx 43 NM west #NewMangalore #today. 02 crew found, search for other crew in progress.@DefenceMinIndia @Min_FAHD @shipmin_india @SpokespersonMoD

— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) April 13, 2021