CHENNAI: A 30-year-old Tamil Nadu fisherman on Friday sustained accidents after Indian Navy personnel fired warning pictures to cease his boat from getting away in Palk Bay close to the India-Sri Lanka Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line, a defence spokesperson in Chennai stated.
The navy has ordered an investigation into the incident.
In a press release, the defence spokesperson stated a navy ship on patrol in Palk Bay noticed “a suspicious boat” early on Friday.
“Regardless of repeated warnings, the boat didn’t cease. The ship, as per normal working procedures, fired warning pictures to cease the boat. One of many crew onboard the suspicious boat is reported to have sustained an damage,” the spokesperson stated within the assertion posted on Twitter.
The injured particular person was administered first help by the ship and evacuated by an Indian Navy Chetak helicopter.
The spokesperson stated the particular person was reported to be steady.
The Tamil Nadu authorities recognized the injured fisherman as Ok Veeravel, 30, from Vanagiri village in Mayiladuthurai district. “I’m deeply shocked and saddened to study that Mr Veeravel has sustained severe accidents after being shot by the Indian Navy this morning,” chief minister MK Stalin stated in a press release. He additionally launched ₹20 lakh help from the chief minister’s aid fund to Veeravel’s household and ordered that he be prolonged “particular medical therapy.”
Union minister of state for fisheries L Murugan, who was in Chennai, stated he might remark solely after the investigation into the incident is full.
“We have now requested for an investigative report back to establish the one who shot,” Murugan stated, including that they’ll test if the injured fisherman is roofed by the division’s group insurance coverage scheme.
“We have now been insisting that fishermen connect a GPS as a result of generally we’ve got situations of them crossing the border. We’ll know what occurred on this particular occasion solely after finishing the investigation.”
State authorities officers stated the fisherman was first taken to the federal government hospital in Ramanathapuram district and later shifted to a authorities hospital in Madurai for therapy. Tamil Nadu fisheries minister Anitha Radhakrishnan met the fisherman on the hospital.