Four Indians rescued by Lankan fishermen

The Indians were saved and brought yesterday to the eastern port city of Trincomalee, where they had been admitted to a local hospital, police said.

The four Indians, aged between 25 and 35 and believed to be residents of Chennai, had left their place two weeks ago for fishing.

Police said their boat was badly damaged after they got caught in a storm in the Indian ocean.

They will be produced before court and likely to be sent to an immigration detention centre for foreigners located in the Colombo suburb of Mirihana till further action could be taken.