Sri Lanka, July 7 -- Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) personnel have rescued four Indian fishermen from a distressed fishing boat in the seas off Chilaw.

Upon receiving information from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo, a coordinated Search and Rescue (SAR) operation was launched by the SLN, leading to the successful rescue of the four Indian fishermen on Sunday (06), the Navy said in a statement.

The MRCC Mumbai, India, had alerted Colombo about an Indian fishing boat that went missing without any communication link on June 29, due to severe weather conditions.

Responding swiftly, the Navy deployed Fast Attack Craft from the Western Naval Command to conduct the SAR operation.

As a result, four Indian fishermen stranded off ...