'Indian Coast Guard, ICG rescued Twenty Bangladeshi fishermen from the sea off Sagar Island near Indo-Bangladesh International Maritime Border Line and handed it over to their Bangladesh counterpart yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' The Defence Ministry said that, in a swift coordinated Search and Rescue operation, ICG saved fishermen's lives after the Coast Guard Dornier aircraft on surveillance sortie of the post-landfall of cyclone 'SITRANG' sighted their capsized boats and alerted the rescue team. It said, they were rescued quickly and handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard.<br />'' <br />'' The Ministry said that ICG had launched its Dornier aircraft post-landfall of cyclone 'SITRANG' to sanitize the area close to the coast off Odisha and West Bengal and to render assistance to the mariners affected by the cyclone.<br />'' <br />''The fishermen were checked by medical officers for their fitness before being handed over to Bangladesh Coast Guard, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Indian Coast Guard and Bangladesh Coast Guard.