Indian Coast Guards (ICG) on Friday handed over 17 persons including two children apprehended from the two Pakistani fishing boasts off the Jakhau coast in Kutch district to the local police for interrogation.
Indian Coast Guards (ICG) on Friday handed over 17 persons including two children apprehended from the two Pakistani fishing boasts off the Jakhau coast in Kutch district to the local police for interrogation.
The ICG vessel Charli 142, during routine patrolling in Arabian sea, Thursday spotted two Pakistani fishing boats Al Ahemed and Al Ibrahim which had strayed about 15 miles into the Indian waters near Kori Creek Area off the Jakhau coast, police said on Friday.
Seventeen people, including two children, who were aboard the two boats were apprehended by the ICG and brought back on land early today and handed over to the local police, an official at Jakhau police station said.
"They will be interrogated to get more details and their purpose of trip in the sea," the official added.
Meanwhile, the coast guards also rescued 15 Indian fishing boats which had ventured into Pakistan waters across the International Maritime Boundary in the Arabian Sea off the Jakhau coast, an ICG official said.
The fishermen were alerted and brought back into Indian waters by the patrolling ICG vessel Vijaya, he said, adding they were let off with a warning not to cross the international boundary again.
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