Eight fishermen hailing from Kanyakumari, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, who had been detained on Kish Island in Iran for 120 days, will return home on Wednesday. They are among the 15 fishermen from these districts who were working for a sponsor in Dubai. On October 24, 2017, when they went for fishing on two boats, they had accidentally strayed into the territorial waters of Iran. They were detained by the Iran Coast Guard. Repeated representations were made to get them freed. A couple of them fell ill and were often admitted to hospital while they were under detention. After a long struggle, Craslin, 46 of Tuticorin, who was suffering from a heart ailment, flew to Chennai on February 7. The remaining 14 fishermen were still detained in Kish Island. There was lot of issues in getting them released, as the agent who sent them to Dubai and their employer in Dubai wanted them to continue to work for them after their release. But the fishermen were not ready to do so, said president of the International Fishermen Development Trust (INFIDET) P Justin Antony. Antony, who has been following the issue since the detention, said, Eight men have been released. They will reach Chennai in the early hours of Wednesday. Six others, who went for fishing on the second boat, will also be released soon, he added. The released fishermen are: S Alfred Newton Sahayam, 37, and T Jude Frank Herban, 23, of Rajakkamangalam, T Siluvai, 34, of Puthenthurai and J John Prakash, 31, of Mandaikadu Puthoor, in Kanyakumari district, G Yonas, 32, of Tuticori, and C Gladwin, 54, S Chenkiskhan, 27, and R Udhayaa Kumar, 44, of Uvari in Tirunelveli district. They flew from Kish to Dubai at 9.10am (local time, Iran) on Tuesday. They will start from Dubai at 10.55pm on Tuesday and reach Chennai at 4.25am on Wednesday.