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The boat is now underneath the custody of the Coast Guard and all of the six fishermen had been taken to Kochi (Representational Picture)
Six fishermen, hailing from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, had been taken into custody from on board the vessel
The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday intercepted an Iranian fishing boat off the coast of Koyilandy on this district.
Six fishermen, hailing from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, had been taken into custody from on board the vessel, coastal police right here mentioned.
“The boat went out of gas when it reached Koyilandy. All those that had been taken into custody had been fishermen who had gone to Iran from Kanyakumari for fishing round one and half years in the past,” a police officer instructed PTI.
He mentioned as per the preliminary assumption, they had been on their technique to their native place after escaping from Iran.
“As per their assertion, they weren’t getting any wage and had been struggling ill-treatment in Iran. They mentioned they even needed to endure bodily assault from the employer. So that they escaped in the identical boat that they had been engaged in fishing,” he mentioned.
The boat is now underneath the custody of the Coast Guard and all of the six fishermen had been taken to Kochi, he added.
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