Pakistan apprehends 10 Indian fishermen off Kutch

Ahmedabad, Apr 6 (PTI) The Pakistan Maritime Security
Agency (PMSA) has arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized
three fishing boats near the Indo-Pak maritime border off
Jhakau coast in Kutch, according to National Fishermen Forum.
"The incident took place last evening when the Indian
fishermen were fishing near the International Maritime
Border in the Arabian sea," said Manish Lodhari, Forum's
secretary.
The PMSA apprehended four boats with 21 persons on board,
but 11 of them were released along with one boat, Lodhari told
PTI.
"These 10 fishermen and their three boats have been taken
to Karachi," he said, adding that all the fishermen were
members of the Porbander Boat Association (PBA).
The 11 released fishermen reached Porbander, in the
western Indian state of Gujarat, on Wednesday.
According to PBA president Hiralal Siyar, 51 fishermen
and 12 boats were seized by the PMSA near the Maritime Border
in three separate incidents last month.