Two fishermen feared drowned

Two fishermen are feared to have drowned after their boat sank in the sea off Girgaum beach in south Mumbai today.

"We got information at around 8.30 am that a small fishing boat carrying two persons had sunk," a police officer from DB Marg police station said.

A Coast Guard helicopter was pressed into service for search, but the two men -- whose identity isn't known yet -- couldn't be located, he said.