Pakistan abducts 16 Gujarat fishermen, 3 boats

16 Indian fishermen have been abducted by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency from the Arabian sea off Gujarat coast on Saturday.

All these 16 abducted fishermen hailed from the coastal areas of Saurashtra, 3 of them from Porbandar and rest 13 from Mangrol. They were first apprehended showing machine gun and then abducted along with their three fishing boats while fishing in Indian waters.

At present around 500 Indian fishermen along with their about 363 boats are in Pakistan’s custody.