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Last Updated:January 15, 2025, 23:15 IST
The boat, ‘Mohammad Kasim-II’, carrying 57 people including three crew members, nine men, 22 women, and 23 children, had issued a distress call
Using the Coastal Surveillance System, the Coast Guard located the vessel, and by 4 pm, all individuals were safely brought back to Kavaratti.
The Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued 57 people including women and children from a missing boat off Lakshadweep coast.
The boat had been en route from Kavaratti to Suheli Par Island in Lakshadweep, a Defence PRO said here.
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The boat, ‘Mohammad Kasim-II’, carrying 57 people including three crew members, nine men, 22 women, and 23 children, had issued a distress call to the Lakshadweep Administration.
Responding to a distress call from Lakshadweep Administration regarding missing boat Mohammad Kasim-II with 54 passengers & 03 crew onboard (03 Crew, 09 men, 22 women and 23 children) enroute from Kavaratti to Suhelipar Island, Indian Coast Guard swiftly launched search and… pic.twitter.com/BLkLR909Ql— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2025
Using the Coastal Surveillance System, the Coast Guard located the vessel, and by 4 pm, all individuals were safely brought back to Kavaratti, the Defence PRO said in a post on ‘X’.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
- Location :
Kochi [Cochin], India
