Bodies oftwo fishermen of Vellapallam in Vedaranyam, who wentmissingon Wednesday, were found floating in the sea near Vedaranyam coast today.
Another fisherman is still missing.
According to Nagapattinam Joint Director of Fisheries M Subburaj, three fishermen - Kalidoss (22), Kalaipandi (19) and Vineeth (19), all belonging to Vellapallam fishing village, ventured into the sea for fishing on Wednesday from Vedaranyam in a fibreglass boat.
They should have returned back to the shore on Thursday.
Since they did not return, Nagapattinam coast guard personnel launched a search operation along with the local fishermen on Thursday.
Their fishing boat was washed ashore near Vellapallam last night.
Subsequently, on Friday afternoon, the search teams found the bodies of Kalidoss and Vineeth floating at different locations in sea near Vedaranyam coast.
The bodies were retrieved.
A search is on for Kalaipandi.
