KARACHI: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) on Wednesday arrestedtwenty three Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters and doingillegal fishing.
According to PSMA spokesman, four boat of the fishermen were also takeninto the custody during the action taken by the PMSA’s personnel patrollingthe sea border.
Arrested fishermen were handed over to docks police station after initialinvestigation.
Pakistan and India routinely arrest fishermen on charges of entering eachother’s waters as the maritime boundaries between the two countries werepoorly defined and many fishing boats lack technologies on locating theirprecise places.
Earlier on January 5, twenty Indian fishermen imprisoned in Malir DistrictJail were released and handed over to Indian authorities from Lahore.
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The Indian fishermen were released at 3:00 PM from Malir District Jail inLandhi and were handed over to the Edhi Foundation by the jail police.
The fishermen traveled from Cantt Station of Karachi to Lahore and werehanded over to the Indian side via Wagah border crossing.
