Four fishermen missing in Katchatheevu after boat hits rock

Four fishermen are reported missing from near Katchatheevu islet after their boat hit a rock, Fishermen's Association President Sagayam said today.
He claimed that the fishermen had made distress calls from their wireless equipment, but there was no "response" from marine police, Coast Guard or Navy.
Lankan navy personnel had also made a vain bid to trace them, he said.
Sagayam said Fisheries department officials had been informed of the missing fishermen.
The fishermen had put out to sea from here yesterday and did not return today.
Sagayam said the fishermen had informed them that their boat had broken up after hitting a rock.