Five fishermen, who were stranded off the Tamil Nadu coast in the Bay of Bengal after their boat developed a technical snag were rescued, the Navy said here on Saturday.
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The rescued fishers were handed over to the district authorities.
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According to the Navy, patrol vessel INS Batra rescued the fishermen from the boat which was drifting near the Kodiakarai coast early on Saturday.
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The fishermen and the boat were safely towed to Karaikal harbor, a Defence release said.Â
(Inputs from PTI)
