Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Police Inspector General Reviews Fishing Boat Rescue Operation
A fishing boat and its crew are missing after leaving the Odalarevu fish landing centre.
Teams are searching for them in a Search and Rescue operation.
Inspector General of Police Gopinath Jatti visited control rooms in Visakhapatnam.
These control rooms belong to the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy.
He spoke with the officers managing the search.
He also checked how the operation was progressing.
Officials reviewed how the different agencies were working together.
The search was still ongoing at the time of the report.
Inspector General of Police Gopinath Jatti visited Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy control rooms in Visakhapatnam.
He reviewed the ongoing Search and Rescue operation involving a fishing boat and its missing crew.
The boat had departed from the Odalarevu fish landing centre.
Jatti interacted with officers involved in the operation.
Officials reviewed the operational response and coordination among agencies.
- Who
- Inspector General of Police Gopinath Jatti, the Indian Coast Guard, the Indian Navy and other concerned agencies.
- What
- Officials reviewed an ongoing Search and Rescue operation for a fishing boat and its missing crew.
- When
- Not specified in the article.
- Where
- The control rooms of the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam; the boat departed from the Odalarevu fish landing centre.
- Why
- To assess the status of the operation, the operational response and coordination among the agencies involved.
- Official
- Gopinath Jatti, Inspector General of Police, Visakhapatnam Range
- Operation
- Ongoing Search and Rescue operation
- Incident
- A fishing boat and its crew are missing
- Departure point
- Odalarevu fish landing centre
- Location visited
- Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy control rooms in Visakhapatnam
- Review focus
- Operational response and inter-agency coordination