Pak sailors in Mumbai to be freed today
June 24, 2011  10:57

And Toral Varia files this update from Mumbai on the fate of freed Pakistani sailors in Mumbai: After a happy ending to the 10 month ordeal for the 6 Indian Sailors who finally landed at New Delhi's IGI Airport, the five Pakistani fishermen currently lodged at Mumbai's Yellow Gate police Station are also all set to leave for Pakistan.

Following a communication from the Union home ministry, authorities at Mumbai's Yellow Gate police station are now ready with the requisite preparations to hand over the Pakistani fishermen to the visiting personnel of the Pakistani high commission.

"We have sent a car to receive the contingent from the Pakistan high commission to the airport. We are waiting for the team to reach the police station,' Senior Police Inspector Chadrakant Naik told rediff.com.

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