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Bodies of 5 missing fishermen wash ashore

A week after they set sail from Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai while Cyclone Murasu was brewing in the Bay of Bengal, the bodies of five out of…

Bodies of 5 missing fishermen wash ashore
Bodies of 5 missing fishermen wash ashore — image via Times of India India — Credit: Storywire

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A week after they set sail from Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai while Cyclone Murasu was brewing in the Bay of Bengal, the bodies of five out of nine fishermen were washed ashore along the Andhra Pradesh coast Thursday. The tragedy triggered anger among fishermen, who faulted the state govt and Coast Guard for delay in tracing the men, who had told their kin their boats had developed snags.

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