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ICG rescues 6 TN fishermen off Mahabs coast

Chennai, Oct 13 (UNI) In a midnight maritime search and rescue operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued six fishermen from mid sea off the Mamallapuram coast, near Chennai.
The ICG Ship Sujay which was on a routine patrolling, responded swiftly to a distress call received from Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Sri Balaji over Maritime Mobile Broadcast (MMB) Radio device at about 10 PM on Monday night.
The boat was approximately 15 km North East off Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu and had sustained critical hull damage, resulting in flooding in the machinery compartment, thus posing threat to the lives of all its six crew members, a defence statement said.
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