Seven fishermen were injured when their deep sea trawl boat hit a rock to the north of St. Mary’s Island, about four nautical miles from Malpe beach, on Monday night. The incident took place around 7.30 p.m. on Monday, when the engine developed a snag and the boat hit a boulder in the sea, damaging it. The operation was taken up again around 6 a.m. on Tuesday and all seven fishermen were rescued. The authorities gave the names of the injured fishermen as Vasu Naik (35), Panduranga (29), Jagadish (28), Manjunath (45) from Bhatkal, Santhosh (30) from Kota, Subayya (48) from Shiroor, and Vasudeva (27). He lauded the local police, Coastal Security Police and Coast Guard for their untiring efforts in rescuing the fishermen.

Source: The Hindu September 06, 2016 12:00 UTC