Pakistan marines capture 8 Indian fishing boats

AHMEDABAD: A day after the Indian Coast Guard apprehended a Pakistani boat with nine persons on board in Indian waters, the Pakistan Marine Security Agency today took away eight Indian boats with over 50 fishermen from near the international maritime boundary line (IMBL). These boats were captured from Arabian Sea off Jakhau Coast. Confirming the incident, National Fish Workers Forum Secretary Manish Lodhari said initially, reports of Pakistanis capturing four boats with 24 fishermen was received but later information of five more boats came in. He said the number of boats captured by the Pakistani Marine Agency may go up as they were still verifying the number of boats and fishermen in the region, which had gone out for fishing from Okha or Mangrol off Gujarat coast. The fishermen from India and Pakistan venture deep into the sea for better catch, at times inadvertently fishing in the region of disputed maritime boundary, leading to their capture.