India, Nov. 6 -- Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that seven of the nine missing Tamil Nadu fishermen have died following a boat capsize off the Andhra Pradesh coast.

Expressing grief over the death of the seven men during adverse weather conditions caused by severe cyclonic storm Murasu recently, he directed officials to intensify the search for two others who remain missing.

"Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen have lost their lives in the boat accident off the Andhra Pradesh coast amid adverse weather conditions caused by severe cyclonic storm Murasu. We have directed officials to intensify search operations to trace the two fishermen who remain missing," Naidu said in an official press release.

The chief minister enquired w...