Two fishermen drown in sea as boat capsizes off Sindhudurg coast in Maharashtra
PTI, Oct 5, 2024, 2:26 PM IST
Mumbai: Two fishermen died after their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Sindhudurg coast in Maharashtra in the wee hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 2 am off the Nivati beach in Sindhudurg, a police official said.
“There was a total of 14 fishermen on board the boat. They had gone fishing when their boat capsized. While two fishermen drowned, 12 others managed to reach a safe place,” he said.
The deceased fishermen were identified as Raghunath Dharmaji Yeraji (49) and Anand Pundlik Paradkar (52). They were residents of Vengurla taluka of Sindhudurg district, he added.
An accidental death report has been filed at the Nivati police station in this connection, and investigation is underway, the official said.
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