Sri Lanka, Sept. 28 -- Four fishermen from Andhra Pradesh, India who were released after 52 days of detention at a Jaffna Prison, will return home on September 30, Indian media reports suggest.

The boat carrying the fishermen sailed from the Sri Lankan shore for Kakinada on September 27.

The four fishermen were handed over to Indian authorities on Friday.

They were deported following efforts by the state government officials in Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi.

The Sri Lankan Coast Guard handed over the fishermen to the Indian Coast Guard at the Mandapam Camp on September 26, and from there they left for Kakinada.

The fishermen had sailed to Nagapattinam to purchase a second-hand fishing trawler, but while returning home, they drif...