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Bodies of two fishermen found

Rajkot: Dead bodies of two of the eight fishermen who went missing on Thursday early morning were found on Friday. The fishermen went missing after their anchored boats capsized at the Nava Bandar fishing port near Una in Gir Somnath district due to inclement weather.

Coast Guard, Navy, marine police and NDRF teams are still searching for the other six fishermen.



The boats anchored at the port collided with each other due to stormy weather in the wee hours of Thursday.

While some of the fishermen were sleeping inside the boats others were preparing to sail when the weather suddenly worsened. At least 10 boats were totally destroyed and 40 other boats were partially damaged.

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