Under Integrated Fisheries Development scheme, the Minister said fishermen were being given mopeds, four-wheelers, fishing nets, mobile fish kiosks and other facilities at subsidised rates.
Speaking to ANI, Arunpal Singh, Protocol Officer (Police) said, "These fishermen had entered India mistakenly and have completed their imprisonment. They are being handed over to Pakistan."
Ramesh and Rajabapu drowned when the boat capsized at a deepest spot of the project allegedly due to overload, when the five were casting nets in it for catching fish.