Bodies of 7 Tamil Nadu fishermen washed ashore in Jaffna identified, cremated in Jaffna

The seven ill-fated Tamil Nadu fishermen whose bodies had been washed ashore in the islets of Jaffna last week have been identified today (Sunday) by their relatives, according to sources in Jaffna.

These fishermen had gone missing from Raameasvaram and Thanushkoadi in Tamil Nadu.

The fishermen were: Rajendran Rathakrishnan, 28, father of 2 children, Marimuthu Saravanan, 28, Nilavan Thevachandran, 46, Ganeshan Muniraj, 22, father of one child, Rajah Senthilkumar, 21, Sellaiah Sethumathavan, 27, father of 2 children and Nakaraj Nakanathan, 18.

Indian Navy brought eight Tamil Nadu fishermen to Sri Lanka and handed over them to Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) in Ezhuvaitheevu in the islets of Jaffna on Saturday.

The fishermen were brought to Jaffna town today where they identified the seven bodies kept in Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) mortuary.

After identification, the relatives took the seven bodies to Koampaiyan crematorium in Jaffna where they were cremated together with the all kinds of help from fisheries societies in Jaffna.