Overview
- Officials confirmed Monday that the capsized trawler FB Maa Kali was found about 35 kilometres off the Bakkhali coast near the Raktachara/Bagher Char area.
- Rescuers recovered nine bodies in an advanced state of decomposition and sent them to Kakdwip Sub-Divisional Hospital for post-mortem examination.
- Six of the 15 fishermen who left Shankarpur on July 2 remain untraced and teams are pumping water from the overturned vessel while continuing searches for any victims still inside.
- The joint search and salvage involved the Indian Coast Guard, forest department, local police and fishing communities after contact was lost during early July IMD warnings of rough seas.
- Families in West Bengal and Odisha await identification and support, and the Prime Minister announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased fisherman.