Pak arrests nine Indian fishermen off Gujarat coast

November 13, 2012 19:16

Nine Indian fishermen were arrested and five of their fishing trawlers seized by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off Jakhau coast in Gujarat, a fishermen's body claimed today.

"The PMSA yesterday intercepted six boats, with 30 anglers on board, in the international waters off Jakhau coast. Later, it apprehended nine fishermen and five Indian fishing boats and took them to Karachi," National Fish Workers Forum national secretary Manish Lodhari said.

PMSA, however, let off one of the six boats carrying 21 Indian fishermen who reached the Okha coast this afternoon, said Lodhari, who is also the secretary of Porbandar Boat Association.

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