Abandoned Pakistani boat with gun found in Haraminala

Bhuj

A day after the recovery of an abandoned Pakistani boat in the Creek area off the Kutch coast, yet another such boat with a gun and two mobile phones has been found from the marshy Haraminala of the district.

The Border Security Force (BSF) caught the boat which also had fishing equipment from Haraminala in the creek area of Arabian sea near Indo- Pak border off Kutch district.

BSF sources said that the gun and a few cartridges found in the boat prima facie seems to be the one used for fishing. ‘The recovery of mobile phones from the boat indicates that those aboard must have left it after sensing the patrolling team. The matter was being investigated,’ they said.

This is second such recovery withing two days and fourth one of an abandoned Pakistani boat in less than three months. The latest recovery has taken place amid the tour of the BSF DG of the district bordering Pakistan.

The boat that was found during patrolling yesterday had no suspicious items in it. .

Earlier one such boat was found in Sir Creek area on January 16 while another abandoned Pakistani boat was seized near Haraminala in December.

– DeshGujarat