KANYAKUMARI : A fishermen from Kovalam in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district has gone missing after he reportedly fell into the deep sea off the Quatif coast in Saudi Arabia, Mr Justin Antony, founder-president of International Fishermen Development Trust (INFIDET), a UN registered International NGO based here, said on Saturday.
Xavier, aged 45, son of Innaci from Kovalam in the district had gone for fishing with his colleagues in a boat, belonging to one Abbas of Saudi Arabia on January 25, Mr Antony said in a release from Kanyakumari.
However, Xavier, while returning to the shore in Saudi on January 28 was found missing, he said and urged the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa to take necessary steps to trace the missing fisherman as his family members back
home were deeply worried.
