Udupi, Aug 28: A fisherman was washed away after the mechanised boat in which he and seven other fishermen went overturned in the Arabian Sea near Hejmady village in Udupi district on Sunday.
According to the police, Mohandas, a fisherman, had gone for fishing along with his seven friends, Tarun Puthran, Priyank, Bharat, Harish, Sukumar, Padmanabh and Praveeen, in his mechanised boat, Vithoba Rakhumai, from the Hejmady fisheries harbour at around 8 a.m.
But when their boat reached Mulki mouth of estuary, they found that the sea was rough. They decided to return to the Hejmady harbour. But as they were returning at around 10.30 a.m., the boat, which was hit by high sea waves, overturned. All the eight fishermen fell into the sea.
However, another fishing boat was following and the fishermen in that boat managed to rescue Mohandas and six others. But one of them, Tarun Puthran (26), got caught in the sea waves and went missing.
Priyank and Bharat, who suffered injuries, were shifted to Srinivas Hospital at Mukka. Though search operations were carried on till 6 p.m., the body was not traced. The search operations would be resumed at 7.30 a.m. on Monday. A missing case has been registered at the Padubidri police station, the police said.
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