Coast Guard intercepts Pak fishing boat in Kutch, 11 held


Ahmedabad, Feb 6 (PTI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) today intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat which illegally entered into Indian maritime boundary off Jakhau coast in Kutch district and arrested 11 fishermen onboard, officials said.

"A fishing boat from Pakistan measuring 40 feet in length was intercepted by Indian Coast Guard off Jakhau coast, five nautical miles into Indian waters," Captain Abhishek Matiman, a defence spokesperson told PTI.

"Eleven fishermen onboard the fishing boat have also been held," he said. Indian and Pakistan marine security agencies often capture fishing boats for crossing into their respective maritime boundary.

Around 440 Indian fishermen are at present languishing in Pakistani jails, most of whom are from Gujarat, and around 860 Indian fishing boats in the custody of Pakistan.

Recently, a fishermen's organisation, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had requested him to initiate efforts to bring back jailed Indian fishermen and their boats from Pakistan.

The letter was written by president of the Porbandar Fishermen Boat Association Manish Lodhari, who is also the secretary of National Fishworkers' Forum.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Frazer Town,B'lore

    Sun, Feb 07 2016

    Produce the evidence and better to put them in the prison.

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  • H. Almeida., Bendur/ Andheri.

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    MUMBAI, WAS ATTACKED BY TERRORIST ORIGINATING FROM PAKISTAN...... WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER ASSAULT,
    PAKISTAN IS A FRONT LINE OF JIHAD, THEY HAVE A VOWED AGENDA...... OF BLEEDING INDIA, BY A THOUSAND CUTS !!!!!!!!!!!!! THEIR FOOT, SLEEPER CELLS/SOLDIERS, HAVE SPREAD TO EVERY CORNERS, OF OUR NATION, OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES MUST NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN !!!!!! OFFENSE IS BETTER THEN DEFENSE !!!! STRIKE THESE JIHADIST HARD !!!! PATHANKOT SHOULD NEVER, EVER BE REPEATED !!!!!!! KASHMIR SHOULD BE LIBERATED FROM THESE ANIMALS !!!!! KASHMIR PUNDITS WHO WERE DECIMATED MUST BE REHABILITATED IN THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND !!!!!!!!

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    Pakistan should hand over mad dog Saeed to India first..

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  • VINCY, Bangkok

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    What was the PM doing and PMO doing all these days?
    writing love letters?
    It was so easy for Modi to blame the UPA,but now having a majority government,and the PMO serving biryani to Pak counterparts.

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    Vincy,

    We DW readers are fed-up of this gisa pisa dialogue. Write something new man...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    Sudhakar, to be honest we are all fed up of FAKES ...

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    Jossey,

    Not only fakes, also fedup with those who called themselves as Genuine like ...!!!

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    Detailed investigation followed by proper interrogation is to know whether real or fake!!!

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  • Joseph, Qatar

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    But THEY reject their own proof as not THEIRS.

    Tomorrow they will REJECT their own country saying IT'S NOT THEIRS but will go ahead in capturing others territory and CLAIM it to be THEIRS.

    I wonder what is theirs and what isn't.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Feb 06 2016

    This time we have the boat as PROOF ...

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