3 fishermen die, 1 missing, over 18 rescued as 4 boats capsize in Arabian sea off Gujarat coast

Veraval:At least 3 fishermen died, one went missing and over 18 were rescued when 4 boats capsized at two different places in the Arabian sea off Saurashtra coast in Gujarat today.

Police said that in the first incident three boats with over 15 fishermen of Rajapara of Gir Somnath district on board capsized in the sea in the wee hours today at around 25 nautical miles away from Rajapara port. All the other fishermen were somehow rescued but four went missing. The bodies of 3 of them was later recovered. The search for the missing one was being searched.

In another incident in the Arabian off Harshad village coast in Kalyanpur Taluka of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, another boat capsized. There were six fishermen on the boat Sukhsagar from Mangrol and all of whom were rescued.

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