5 days after a fishing vessel from Gorai capsized, the partially decomposed our bodies of two its fishermen had been discovered off the Dahanu coast on Sunday morning. The fishermen allegedly drowned after their boat ‘Fortunate Star’ carrying 13 individuals, capsized round 10 nautical miles off the Gorai coast on August 4.
One other fishing boat ‘God King’ had rushed to their assist and was capable of rescue 11 fishermen. The 2 others had been lacking, mentioned senior inspector Sanjeev Narkar of Gorai police station.
The deceased have been recognized as Mangesh Kadam, 24, and Satish Jagtap, 25, each residents of Gorai.
Quickly after the incident, the Indian Coast Guard and the Navy had been knowledgeable, and a search and rescue operation was launched for 2 days. Nonetheless, as a result of tough climate and robust winds, the lacking fishermen weren’t discovered.
On Sunday morning, a Dahanu resident noticed a physique mendacity on the shore. He knowledgeable one other resident Manoj Raut and the police. One other physique was noticed on the seashore in Gholvad, mentioned Narkar.
Native police alerted Gorai police station, suspecting that the our bodies had been of the 2 lacking fishermen. The lacking fishermen’s households had been knowledgeable they usually recognized the fishermen primarily based on their garments because the our bodies had been partially discomposed, mentioned Josef Kolaso, vice-chairman of Gorai Society.