Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin consoles the members of the bereaving families of Kasimedu.
The bodies of the other seven fishermen — K Packirisamy alias Surya, 49, M Kuppan, 48, S Mohan, 47, A Murugan, 48, L Kuppusamy, 58, C Vijayakanth, 44, and A Aravind, 40 — were handed over to their families by Friday evening. The fishermen who ventured into the sea on Oct 29 on a mechanised fishing boat suffered an engine failure near the Andhra Pradesh coast. Meanwhile, on Nov 5, chief minister C Joseph Vijay expressed grief over the deaths and announced a solatium of ₹7 lakh to each family.
Search operations were launched with the help of local fishermen and state authorities to find the missing bodies. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Chennai | Silver Rate in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai | Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Petrol Price in Chennai | Diesel Price in Chennai | CNG Price in Chennai | LPG Price in Chennai Stay updated with the latest Chennai news. With this, the bodies of all nine fishermen who died in the incident have been recovered. The Indian Coast Guard later located the capsized vessel off the Kothapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district. Download the TOI App.
Chennai: The bodies of the last two fishermen from Kasimedu, K Rajesh and M Narayanan, who went missing after their boat encountered an engine failure, washed ashore on the Andhra Pradesh coast on Sunday. The two bodies were found on Sunday, days after the fishing boat ran into trouble at sea.