At least seven Indian boats along with nearly 40 fishermen were abducted by Pakistani Marine Security Agency (PMSA) on Friday near International Maritime Boundary line (IMBl) in the Arabian Sea off the Jakhau coast in bordering Kutch district.
Confirming the development National Fish Workers Forum Secretary Manish lodhari said that the Pak Marines have captured 6 boats of Okha and one of Porbandar. The incident took place sometime between late last night on Thursday and early morning on Friday, said lodhari, adding that there are chances of more number of boats might have been captured by the PMSA personnel.
According to him the PMSA has captured over 35 Indian fishing boats with more than 225 fishermen since October last year. Earlier on February 7, a day after the arrest of 11 Pakistani fishermen and their boat from Indian waters off the Gujarat coast, the PMSA had nabbed two Indian boats off the Okha coast with 12 fishermen on board.
Recently, PMSA had caught over half a dozen Indian fishing boats along with more than 50 fishermen on January 25 off the Porbandar coast.