BSF arrested Pakistani fishermen: The Border Security Force apprehended at least three Pakistani fishermen from Gujarat's Kutch district on Monday. According to reports, all three Pakistani fishermen were apprehended from Harami Nalla creek near the India-Pakistan border off the Kutch district coast in Gujarat. This was the second such incident in the past two months wherein fishermen from Islamabad were apprehended from the same region.
Earlier in the second week of October, two Pakistani fishermen were arrested from a creek area after the Air Force Station at Nalia which continuously monitors the situation noticed an anomalous movement of six fishing boats along with fishermen in the general area of Harami Nala using an unmanned aerial vehicle.
"Upon learning about the movement of a Pakistani fishing boat and fishermen inside the Indian territory of the creek, the BSF patrol immediately rushed to the spot and seized their boat. "On seeing BSF personnel approaching them, fishermen started fleeing towards Pakistan. However, BSF jawans chased them and apprehended three Pak fishermen," it said.
They are residents of Zero Point in Pakistan. The preliminary questioning revealed one of the fishermen was held by BSF in 2017 as well and was lodged in the Bhuj Jail for a year before he was repatriated to Pakistan from the Attari Wagah border.
The fishermen told BSF they entered Indian territory for fishing as it is their main source of livelihood, said the release, adding nothing suspicious was found on the seized boat.
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