Pak Marines release 6 Indian boats, over 40 fishermen captured yesterday after accident of their speed boat

Porbandar: In a surprise move the Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has reportedly released all the six boats and over 40 fishermen which were nabbed by it near International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian sea off the Jakhau coast of Gujarat yesterday.

Secretary of National Fish Workers Forum Manish Lodhari said that according to information received from some of the releases boats, the Pakistani Marines released the Indian boats and fishermen after one of their speed boat accidentally drowned in the sea. ‘The Indian fishermen even helped them in rescue after which they let the six boats and over 40 fishermen they had caught, go. In fact they had caught seven boats but one of them went faulty and could not move so it was left abandoned. Six of the released boats are coming back with the fishermen,’ Lodhari said adding that in the accident of the Pakistani speed boat some of their men have died also.

Lodhari said that the boats had sailed in the sea from Okha and Mangrol.

Notably, PMSA had nabbed over boats with more than 250 fishermen since March 4 this year. This is first time that the caught boats have been released in this manner.

A delegation of the fishermen and other stake-holders and politicians is to meet minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi tomorrow to take up the matter of frequent capture of fishing boats.

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