The incident revolved around the Mumbai-registered ship, MV ITT Puma, a 75-meter-long vessel transporting general cargo from Kolkata to Port Blair. Rough sea conditions led to the vessel sinking around 90 nautical miles south of Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

Late Sunday evening, the Maritime Search & Rescue Coordination Centre in Chennai received a distress call from the ship. Subsequently, the ICG’s regional headquarters (North East) in Kolkata swiftly dispatched two vessels, Sarang and Amogh, alongside a Dornier aircraft to the scene. By 9:30 pm, a coordinated search operation was initiated by the Indian Coast Guard.

Equipped with cutting-edge night-capable sensors, the Dornier aircraft detected drifting life rafts and sighted red flares signaling distress from the crew in need. Following the aircraft’s guidance, the two ICG ships reached the location where they found two life rafts tethered together, sheltering the survivors.

Despite adverse weather conditions, both the Indian Coast Guard ships and the Dornier aircraft successfully rescued the 11 crew members. Efforts are ongoing to locate the remaining three missing crew members.

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After verifying the information received, Veera promptly set course towards the distressed boat and established communication with the vessel IFB S Vetri upon arrival at the location. The injured fisherman was safely transferred to Veera for medical treatment. Subsequently, Veera safely docked at Chennai harbor in the early hours of Monday and handed over the fishing boat’s crew to Coast Guard officials for further medical assistance.

According to sources, the fishing boat, a mechanized deep sea gill net vessel, had departed from Nagapattinam on July 21 with a crew of 12 fishermen. While operating within the country’s exclusive economic zone, the boat encountered difficulties when a fishing net became entangled in its propeller, leading to the injury of one of the crew members who attempted to resolve the issue. The distress signal was issued by the boat’s crew, requesting urgent medical aid.

The Coast Guard vessel Veera, under the command of Commandant Ramesh V. Talke, is stationed in Visakhapatnam and played a vital role in the successful rescue mission

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