NEW DELHI – At least 15 fishing boats with 240 sailors on board went missing late Sunday in the middle of a storm in the Bay of Bengal, an Indian official reported Monday.
Forty boats went missing in the storm, of which 22 have been found while three others capsized, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Fisheries D. Chattoraj told the PTI news agency.
Most of the crew members of the three fishing boats have been rescued, but at least eight are still missing, according to the source.
“Sometimes fishermen are unable to make radio contact with the coastal areas, which can lead to a state of panic. In this case, most of the boats were immobilized because of the storm,” Chattoraj said.
India is currently in its monsoon season, characterized by strong rains that have been especially persistent in the last few hours in some places in Bengal.
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