Pakistani marines capture 3 more Indian boats off Gujarat coast, altogether 18 nabbed in 3 days

Porbandar: After nabbing 13 Indian boats with over 70 fishermen aboard yesterday, the Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has again captured at least 3 such boats with over 15 fishermen near International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian sea off the Jakhau coast of Gujarat today.

This is third one this month and altogether eighth such incident in last around seven months.

National Fish Workers Forum Secretary Manish Lodhari said that 3 boats of which one was from Okha and remaining two from Porbandar were captured today the number might be higher. ‘Yesterday also 13 boats were captured of which 9 were from Porbandar and 4 from Okha. Earlier on March 3, two boats, one each from Okha and Porbandar with total 11 fishermen aboard were captured by Pak Marines,’ he said.

On January 26 amid the heightened coastal security on the occasion of the 68 the republic day also PMSA had caputured around a dozen Indian boats with around 60 fishermen from the same area.
On December 28 the PMSA had captured 13 Indian boats with 65 fishermen from the same area. Prior to that on November 19 also the Pak Marines had abducted 6 Indian boats from the same area with around 36 fishermen on board. In September and August last year also PMSA had captured 6 and 1 boats respectively with 36 and 6 fishermen.