Hyderabad, Aug. 27 -- Seven fishermen from Andhra Pradesh's B R Ambedkar Konaseema district, who had been missing at sea for more than three weeks, were traced alive and brought safely to the West Bengal coast on Wednesday, officials said.

The fishermen, identified as boat owner Ramakrishna Varma, Kollati Srinubabu, Yesudas, Palepu Shantar Rao, Karri Ramudu, Katadi Satish Kumar and Sangadi Tatarao, were located in the troubled waters of the Bay of Bengal by a fishing boat from Kolkata at around 11.45 am on Wednesday.

"The rescued fishermen were later brought to safety near Shankarpur Fishing Harbour. They were shifted to a hospital for medical examinations as a precaution. Their health condition is stable and after they fully recover fr...