Goodwill gesture return: Another Pakistani fisherman beaten to death by jail staff of Indian prison
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ISLAMABAD - Another Pakistani fisherman was beaten to death by the jail staff of the Indian prison.
According to a spokesperson for Fishermen’s Co-operative Society, the fisherman named Muhammad Sohail was arrested at sea by the Indian coastguard on October 2, 2016, during a fishing trip when his trawler drifted to the Indian side by mistake.
Sohail, a resident of Muhammadi Colony in Karachi, is the fourth Pakistani to die in an Indian jail during a short span of one month.
The spokesperson added that the reason behind Sohail’s death is yet to be ascertained. However, sources and media reports suggested that the fisherman was beaten to death by the Indian jail staff.
Pakistan and India frequently arrest fishermen as there is no clear demarcation of the maritime border in the Arabian Sea and these fishermen do not have boats equipped with the technology to know their precise location.
