144 Indian fishermen arrested by Pak for fishing in Pak Waters
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 11:43 PM
Pakistan, Dec 15: On Friday, officials informed that forty-three Indian fishermen have been arrested and seven of their boats seized by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.
The fishermen were arrested on Thursday and have been handed over to the Docks police, a spokesperson for Pakistan’s Maritime Security Force (PMSF) said.
"The Docks police will now present them before a judicial magistrate who will most likely send them in judicial remand to jail," Commander Wajid Nawaz Chaudhary said.
The PMSF has arrested 144 Indian fishermen over the last one month for alleged illegal fishing in Pakistani waters. With the latest apprehensions, the number of such arrests of Indian fishermen this year has gone up to over 400.