Kumari fishermen face pirates attack, seek quick action by govt
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Send Indian fishermen were facing a new problem on the western seas, that of piracy. In a recent incident, properties of Kanniyakumari fishermen were robbed by masked sea pirates. Following the incident, fishermen urged the state and Centre to take stringent measures against sea pirates.
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Chennai:
Fishermen, from Neerody and Marthandamthurai, two most western coastal villages in Kanniyakumari district, ventured into the sea on December 9 and on December 13, in a mechanised boat and when they were fishing 17 nautical miles off the coast of Goa, a boat full of masked pirates with no registration number approached the fishermen and robbed their properties at gun point.Â