Chennai: The bodies of the last two fishermen from Kasimedu, K Rajesh and M Narayanan, who went missing after their boat encountered an engine failure, washed ashore on the Andhra Pradesh coast on Sunday. With this, the bodies of all nine fishermen who died in the incident have been recovered.The two bodies were found on Sunday, days after the fishing boat ran into trouble at sea. The bodies of the other seven fishermen — K Packirisamy alias Surya, 49, M Kuppan, 48, S Mohan, 47, A Murugan, 48, L Kuppusamy, 58, C Vijayakanth, 44, and A Aravind, 40 — were handed over to their families by Friday evening.The fishermen who ventured into the sea on Oct 29 on a mechanised fishing boat suffered an engine failure near the Andhra Pradesh coast. The Indian Coast Guard later located the capsized vessel off the Kothapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district. Search operations were launched with the help of local fishermen and state authorities to find the missing bodies.Meanwhile, on Nov 5, chief minister C Joseph Vijay expressed grief over the deaths and announced a solatium of ₹7 lakh to each family.
