Chennai, Nov. 5 -- Five of the nine fishermen who had ventured into the sea from Kasimedu Harbour in Chennai on October 29 and towed with another boat after stranded in midse, before losing contact on November three, were reported dead, even as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced a solaitum of Rs seven lakh each to their families on Thursday evening.
Their bodies were washed ashore in Andhra Pradesh coast and officials from the Fisheries department were deputed to identifyand bring them home at government's cost.
The nine fishermen Pakkirisamy alias Surya (49), M.Kuppan (48), S.Mohan (47), K.Rajesh (52), A.Murugan (48), L.Kuppuswamy (58), C.Vijayakanth (44), A.Arvind (40) and M.Narayanan (57) ventured into the sea from the Kasimedu fishin...