Mangaluru: A boat with 10 fishermen onboard capsized off the Ullal coast on Thursday, August 5 after colliding with the wreckage of a barge, coastal police sources said.

Nine persons on the boat were rescued by fishermen from another boat, while one man is missing and search is on for him, the sources said.

It is suspected that it had collided against the wreckage of a barge that had capsized in the sea four years ago.

The boat is owned by a person from Ullal near here. The loss has been estimated at around Rs 1.30 crore, they said.

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