Three fishermen missing in Vadamaradchi Sea

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 July 2004, 11:08 GMT]
Three fishermen Mr.S.Ruban (21), Mr.S.Sriskandarajah (20) and Mr.T.Subramaniam (52) of Inbaruty and Viyaparimoolai who went for fishing in the Vadamarachchi Sea in the Jaffna district are reported missing since Sunday night. The missing persons were displaced from Myliddy village in the Valigamam north division and were temporarily residing in Vadamarachchi division, civil sources said.

They left Sunday evening around 5.30 p.m. for fishing and should have returned back Monday morning.

But they have not returned to the shore till Tuesday evening.

Fellow fishermen launched a search on Tuesday but they failed to locate them or their boats, sources said.