Ahmedabad, March 17: Pakistani Marine Security Agency (PMSA) has apprehended twenty Indian fishermen and seized their five boats near the Indo-Pak marine border in the Arabian sea, secretary of National Fish Forum Manish Lodhari said today.
The incident took place yesterday evening off the Jhakau coast in Kutch district, he said.
“The PMSA had apprehended six boats, which were fishing in the Arabian sea near the international border from Porbander,” Lodhari said.
They, however, let off one of the boats and around 10 fishermen but have kept in captivity five boats and twenty others, he added.
Lodhari said that he came to know about the incident after the boat which was released by the PMSA sent a wireless message to the Porbander Boat Association (PBA).
The five boats and 20 men are being taken to Karachi by the PMSA, he said.
—–PTI