Five Pakistanis Apprehended off Jhakhau Coast

According to Coast Guard officials, five Pakistani nationals have been arrested, along with their boat ‘Mavasa’ from the Arabian sea near Jhakhau coast in Kutch district.

This happened last evening, about 36 nautical miles off the Jhakhau coast, when the Coast Guard team was on patrol.

The five men and the boat are being brought to the Okha coast by the officials for interrogation.

Our correspondent Raju Joshi adds

Our Okha correspondent Rajubhai Joshi adds that those arrested are originally from Bangladesh. They were settled in Pakistan after partition, however Pakistan government never accepted them as citizen. Arrests of such persons never make any difference to Pakistan, but on the other side the government of India has to treat them well in jail. Such very poor Bangladeshi Pakistanis are victim of corruption and hunger in Pakistan, but once they are in Indian jail, they get soap, oil, tea, break fast, two-time meal and other facilities. They always gain weight and become healthy in Indian jail. They never look sad when they are arrested.

Correspondent Raju Joshi also adds that two out of five arrested – Mohammad Ibrahim(18) and Ishaq Mohammad(13) are brothers. According to Ishaq Mohammad both the brothers had first time ventured into the sea for fishing.They said their father has three wives and 22 children(two cricket teams).

Okha Marine P.S.I. D.D.Rana completed the investigation and sent all five to lock up.