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Rescued Indian fishermen to fly back to India tomorrow

Rescued Indian fishermen to fly back to India tomorrow

February 07, 2013 / 12:10 IST

Colombo, Feb 6 (PTI) The three Indian fishermen, who were rescued by a Lankan trawler after their boat capsized about 200 nautical miles away from Negombo in the west coast of Sri Lanka, will be flown to India tomorrow. The fishermen, who were yesterday admitted to Negombo Base Hospital for treatment, were discharged today. "The Mission's consular officials were present in order to complete formalities, both at the hospital as well as in the Court. "They will be departing for Madurai tomorrow by air," official said. They said the Indian High Commission here provided all basic amenities including purchase of the tickets through Indian Community Welfare Fund set by the Indian government. PTI SAP AKJ SAP TRK

first published: Feb 6, 2013 11:32 pm

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