Tamil Nadu Minister visits Ongole to identify fishermen's bodies

Ongole: Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N Marie Wilson came to Ongole on Thursday night with family members of the dead fishermen, to identify the bodies found on the Kothapatnam coast.

The five bodies are kept in the mortuary at the Government General Hospital. The minister inspected them along with Andhra Pradesh Fisheries Commissioner Rama Shankar Naik and District Collector P Raja Babu.

Minister Wilson said family members have identified four of them, including of Mohan, A Murugan and C Vijayakanth. He said the bodies will be taken to Tamil Nadu after the police inquiry and the post mortem.Collector Raja Babu said the search for the remaining bodies will be stepped up on Friday.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister S Joseph Vijay announced a compensation of Rs 7.00 lakh each for the families of nine fishermen who went missing off the Andhra Pradesh coast. An immediate relief of Rs 2 lakh each will be disbursed to the families. The Tamil Nadu government will transport the bodies to Tamil Nadu at its expense, he added.

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Naresh Babu Nandam works as a Special Correspondent at The Hans India and primarily covers the erstwhile Prakasam district. He has a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a bachelor's degree in Law. He has around twenty years of experience in print and broadcast journalism. He is a certified Google News Initiative trainer for fact-checking and online verification. Outside his journalism work, he is an OSINT practitioner and takes part in CTF challenges. He is the author of a spiritual thriller titled 'The Amber Scroll', available on Amazon.in.

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