Body of lacking fisherman recovered off Poothura coast in Kerala

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The physique of a 35-year-old fisherman, who went lacking within the sea off Muthalappozhy, was retrieved from Poothura by fishermen on Friday morning.

Saju, a resident of Anchuthengu, went lacking on Thursday morning after his boat overturned on the mouth of Muthalappozhy harbour.

Four different fishermen who have been on board managed to carry on to the overturned boat and have been rescued. But Saju, who fell beneath the boat, had gone lacking. Family members and mates held an agitation in entrance of Anchuthengu coastal police station alleging that the rescue operation was being delayed.

Following the protest, a Marine Enforcement boat was deployed for the search operation. However, efforts to find the lacking fisherman did not succeed on Thursday.

The physique was lastly retrieved by fishermen off the Poothura coast and has been shifted to the Medical College Hospital for inquest and post-mortem.