Kasargod: Terrorists Pose as Fishermen, Try to Sneak in

Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (SP)

Kasargod, Dec 24: It has been revealed, albeit after lot of delay, that the 17 Pakistanis and four Iranians, who had been trying to set foot in the country by posing themselves as fishermen, were in fact, terrorists. Indian Navy had arrested these persons, who claimed themselves to be fishermen, last year, when they were trying to enter the country through the seashore of Kerala.

The officials found pictures of some terrorist training centres in Pakisthan in their mobile phones. These pictures have been sent to forensic science laboratory in Hyderabad for investigation, said Malayala Manorama, a Malayalam daily.

These men had been arrested in deep sea off Kochi port on December 3 last, when they were found moving in a suspicious manner in a fishing boat. The Indian Navy had at the outset, thought them to be pirates. They had been produced in a court in Ernakulam, which had remanded them to judicial custody. 

The investigators have found out that the Iranians too were part of the terrorist outfit, and that the language they arrested people used is not the colloquial language used by the fishermen of Pakisthan. The policemen believe that they had been sent to the country with specific instructions to conduct terrorist activities here.

During the recent application moved by arrested persons before High Court of Kerala for their release, the scenes captured in their mobile phones were found. The union home ministry has ordered investigation by National Investigation Agency into the issue, the policemen told the High Court during the hearing.