Gesture of gratefulness, Sri Lankan Navy rescues six Indian fishermen from drowning

Colombo, August 23: Being thankful to someone for helping is good but for saving a life is being grateful. In a similar gesture of gratitude towards our neighboring country, the Sri Lankan Navy rescued six Indian fishermen from drowning in the sea. Officers and sailors of Sri Lanka Navy’s Fast Gun Boat on patrol, attached to the Northern Naval Command saved the fishermen.

The Fast Gun Boat (FGB) which was on patrol in the Sri Lankan territorial waters, had observed the drowning fishermen in the seas 15 nautical miles off Kovillan Point lighthouse and the officers and sailors onboard promptly reacted to rescue them. Accordingly, six lives of drowning fishers were saved.

Later on, the rescued group of fishers was handed over to a Fast Attack Craft on patrol and they were safely brought to SLNS Uththara at Kankasanthurai. After providing basic first aid and medicine, the group of rescued fishers was handed over to KKS Police for further investigations.

The fishermen aged 43, 34, 29 and 26 years are residents of Tamil Nadu. They are due to be produced before the Mallakam Magistrate Court in Jaffna today.