Sri Lankan fishing boat seized near Kodiyakkarai, India

The Vedaranyam Marine Police of the Coastal Security Group in India on Friday, September 22 seized a Sri Lankan fiberglass fishing boat that was found capsized a few metres away from the Kodiyakkarai coast in Nagapattinam district, the Hindu reported.

Based on an alert by the local people, a Marine Police team from Vedaranyam led by Inspector Jothi Muthuramalingam seized the boat and brought it to the shore.

Police sources said three-fourths of the boat was found submerged in the sea at nearly 200 metres from the Kodiyakkarai coast near Manal Voykkal.