BSF seize Pakistani fishing boat from creek area of Kutch

AHMEDABAD: The Border Security Force (BSF) seized a Pakistani fishing boat of Saturday night in the Nal creek in the border district of Kutch in Gujarat. BSF sources said the Pakistani fishermen on board the boat fled on the Pakistani side of waters after they saw a BSF patrol boat approaching.
BSF officials said the boat seized on Saturday night is bigger than the ones the BSF generally seizes in this fish and sea food-rich area. About 24 Pakistani fishing boats, some abandoned and some with Pakistani fishermen have been apprehended from this area since last four to five months.

Senior BSF officials said a patrol team of 108 Battalion spotted the boat though nothing suspicious was found. "The boat had only some fishing equipment and fish. It was found abandoned" added a BSF official.

The BSF had seized a similar big boat from near Kotavari Creek area on February 20 though nothing suspicious was found in this case too.

The Coast Guard had on February 13 arrested seven Pakistani fishermen and seized their boat on the International Maritime Border Line off the Jakhau Coast, also in the same month.