Okha boat capsize- Bodies of 3 missing fishermen finally found
September 03, 2016
Porbandar: The bodies of the three missing fishermen whose boat had capsized off Okha coast in Gujarat on August 27 has finally been fished out from the sea near Bhavpara in Porbandar district. police said today.
The boat named Omsai Krupa from Navsari with 10 persons aboard drowned at around 25 nautical miles off Okha coast of Devbhoomi Dwarka district. Six of them were saved by the members of another boat while the dead body of one of them was recovered later.
The bodies of the remaining three missing persons, all helpers of the fishing boat, were found today.
The ill-fated boat belonging to one Pandu Tandel of Onjal Machhiwad village under Jalalpur taluka of Navsari district had arrived at Okha in mid August. The accident took place while it was on a fish catching mission in the wee hours of August 27 in the turbulent sea.
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