A fishing vessel suspected to belong to India washed ashore at Iranawila in Chilaw on Saturday morning, Ada Derana reported.
The Sri Lanka Navy is investigating the vessel and has deployed security personnel at the location.
Residents question how it came ashore
Residents in the area suspect the vessel may have been carrying people, because it came ashore without apparent signs of having struck rocks. No crew members have been reported found, and the Navy has not said whether anyone was aboard.
Neither the origin of the vessel nor its registration has been confirmed. Ada Derana did not report the condition of the boat beyond the absence of obvious impact damage.
Context
Iranawila sits on the Puttalam district coast, north of Chilaw, on a stretch of shoreline that faces the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay fishing grounds. Vessel movements across that maritime boundary are a long-running friction point between the two countries, and the Navy routinely intercepts Indian trawlers accused of poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
The Navy said its investigation is continuing. This report is based on a single verified newsroom; no other outlet had filed on the incident at the time of writing.
