85 Indian fishermen jailed in Pakistan

Fishermen were arrested on Sunday by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency

Press Trust of India  |  Karachi 

At least 85 Indian were on Monday sent to jail after being arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing into the country's territorial waters.

The were arrested on Sunday by the Maritime Security Agency.



A spokesman for the agency said the were asked to leave the Pakistani territorial waters near in the Arabian Sea but they did not pay attention to the call.

"We have also seized 14 boats and handed them over to the Docks police for further action," he said.

Shaukat Ali, a senior police official at the Docks police station, said the Indian were presented before a judicial magistrate on Monday, who ordered them to be sent to jail.

A fishermen's association in on Sunday had put the number of those arrested at 94.

On January 27, the Maritime Security Agency had arrested 60 Indian and seized 10 boats.

and share an extensive maritime boundary which is poorly defined, resulting in on both sides inadvertently crossing over to the other side.

from both sides often spend years in each other's jails before being set free and sent home as the neighbours have a disagreement over their maritime border in the Arabian Sea.

had released some 219 Indian as a goodwill gesture on January 5.

85 Indian fishermen jailed in Pakistan

Fishermen were arrested on Sunday by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency

Fishermen were arrested on Sunday by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency At least 85 Indian were on Monday sent to jail after being arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing into the country's territorial waters.

The were arrested on Sunday by the Maritime Security Agency.

A spokesman for the agency said the were asked to leave the Pakistani territorial waters near in the Arabian Sea but they did not pay attention to the call.

"We have also seized 14 boats and handed them over to the Docks police for further action," he said.

Shaukat Ali, a senior police official at the Docks police station, said the Indian were presented before a judicial magistrate on Monday, who ordered them to be sent to jail.

A fishermen's association in on Sunday had put the number of those arrested at 94.

On January 27, the Maritime Security Agency had arrested 60 Indian and seized 10 boats.

and share an extensive maritime boundary which is poorly defined, resulting in on both sides inadvertently crossing over to the other side.

from both sides often spend years in each other's jails before being set free and sent home as the neighbours have a disagreement over their maritime border in the Arabian Sea.

had released some 219 Indian as a goodwill gesture on January 5.
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