Karachi October 30:
Thirty-two Indian fishermen were arrested and six boats seized by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency from the International Maritime Border for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters.
The arrested fishermen have been placed in detention, the maritime agency said. Colonel Akhtar Ahmed of the agency said the fishermen had wandered 60 nautical miles into Pakistani waters when they were arrested. "There were about 100 other boats that had come about 100 nautical miles from the coast but have been forced back into Indian waters.
We only arrest the Indian fishermen if they get as close as 60 nautical miles inside our territorial waters," Akhtar said. The fishermen have been handed to the dock police and a case will be registered against them. India and Pakistan arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating each other's maritime boundary. The fishermen sometimes languish in prisons for years.
Thirty-two Indian fishermen were arrested and six boats seized by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency from the International Maritime Border for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters.
The arrested fishermen have been placed in detention, the maritime agency said. Colonel Akhtar Ahmed of the agency said the fishermen had wandered 60 nautical miles into Pakistani waters when they were arrested. "There were about 100 other boats that had come about 100 nautical miles from the coast but have been forced back into Indian waters.
We only arrest the Indian fishermen if they get as close as 60 nautical miles inside our territorial waters," Akhtar said. The fishermen have been handed to the dock police and a case will be registered against them. India and Pakistan arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating each other's maritime boundary. The fishermen sometimes languish in prisons for years.
