Nine fishermen from the Vanavanmahadevi coastal village in Nagapattinam district were attacked by unidentified persons, mid-sea, while they were fishing to the east of Kodiyakkarai, and robbed of their belongings. The incident took place on the night of Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
More than 35 fishermen from Nagapattinam district have suffered mid-sea attacks and have been robbed of their belongings by unidentified persons in six incidents since August this year.
Police sources said N. Subramanian, 50, A. Murugesan, 41, A. Sundaramoorthy, 55, C. Rajagopal, 62, and S. Mahalingam, 60, all natives of Vanavanmahadevi near Vedaranyam had ventured into the sea for fishing, on a fibreglass boat, from their village on Tuesday afternoon.
