Nine fishermen feared dead after boat capsizes off India’s east coast

At slightest 9 Indian fishermen were feared dormant successful the Bay of Bengal aft their trawler was deed by a storm.

The calamity struck adjacent Bagher Char land connected Saturday greeting erstwhile the trawler, with 17 men connected board, capsized, said Surajit Bag, adjunct manager of sportfishing successful the eastbound Indian authorities West Bengal.

The vessel ventured into an country deed by a tempest and was overwhelmed by precocious waves, Mr Bag told AFP quality agency.

The fishermen had near the Sunderbans successful West Bengal connected Wednesday. Eight of the 17 men were connected the platform portion 9 were sleeping successful the compartment beneath erstwhile the vessel ran into the dense storm, Mr Bag said.

The 8 fishermen connected the platform were thrown overboard and recovered by a rescue vessel and brought ashore, helium added. The 9 sleeping men could not beryllium located contempt an extended hunt by the rescue squad and were feared to beryllium dead.

An Indian Coast Guard vas towed the damaged vessel and the survivors backmost to the shore, Mr Bag told AFP, adding that they were successful a unchangeable condition.

It was the 2nd specified incidental successful little than 2 months successful the Bay of Bengal wherever the yearly monsoon sets disconnected atrocious upwind and brings dense storms and unsmooth seas successful the coastal region.

Fourteen fishermen were rescued from the oversea past period aft their sportfishing trawler entered stormy waters and capsized. That incidental besides took spot adjacent the Bagher Char island.

India’s upwind section had issued a informing for fishermen past month, asking them to debar going heavy into the oversea arsenic winds were expected to deed 40-50 km per hour.