On R-Day eve, Pak apprehends 50 Indian fishermen off Guj coast

January 25, 2016 23:27

Around 50 Indian fishermen were today apprehended by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (MSA) near Jakhau port off Gujarat coast and their nine boats were also seized, a fish workers forum said.

"Pakistan MSA apprehended around 50 Indian fishermen near Jakhau port off Gujarat coast near International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian sea this evening and also seized nine of their boats," National Fishworkers' Forum secretary Manish Lodhari told PTI.

According to him, registration of all the seized boats was done at Porbandar.

"Till late evening, MSA has kept these boats mid sea and they were yet to be taken to Karachi port," Lodhari said.

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