The boy of a fisherman from Rameswaram which was washed ashore in Jaffna in Sri Lanka was brought to his hometown and cremated on Tuesday. Six fishermen from Thangatchimadam in Rameswaram went for fishing on September 30. One of them, Carson, 24, fell into the sea after an iron hook hit his head. His fellow fishermen searched for him but could not find him. On October 4, his body was washed ashore in Jaffna, and the fishermen in TN were informed. The fishermen made an appeal to the officials of the Indian embassy. The body was sent to the government hospital in Jaffna for postmortem. The Indian Coast Guard received the body from its Sri Lankan counterpart. Fishermen from Pudukottai district received the body from the Coast Guard and brought it to Rameswaram in an ambulance.