A day after two Pakistani nationals arrested and three Pakistani boats seized by the Border Security Force personnel, BSF again apprehended three more Pakistani nationals and capture 18 more fishing boats of neighbouring country on Thursday off Gujarat coast near Harami Nala.
According to official communiqué from BSF, Gujarat more Pakistani boats could have been seized from Harami Nala area on the basis of input given by the two Pakistani fishermen who were apprehended on Wednesday.
‘‘On the basis of inputs, BSF personnel continued their search operations in the Harami Nala area till wee hours on Thursday. Finally a patrolling party of 79 Battalion BSF apprehended three Pakistani nationals and seized 14 fishing boats. The BSF had to fire 02 rounds of 5.56mm in self-defence,’’ said the official communiqué.
The three Pakistani national apprehended by the BSF were identified as Yusuf Gulam Ali, Sehjad Gulam Mohmed and Immam Ali Juman. All the three Pakistani nationals are of 20 years and belong to Sujawal district of Sindh Province in Pakistan.
Meanwhile the BSF search party further seized 04 empty boats in Harami Nala area in the afternoon on Thursday. The search operation is still going on as the security personnel believe that there might be more Pakistani fishing trawlers along with Pakistani nationals hiding in Harami Nalla. So far BSF has apprehended 05 Pak Nationals, seized 21 Pak fishing boats in last two days. Both the operations in two consecutive days were well planned and tactical. Adequate secrecy and surprise were maintained during the both search operations. It is worth mentioning that as many as three Pakistani boats were seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Harami Nalla area in the Gulf of Kutch on Wednesday early morning.
The BSF also apprehended two Pakistani Fishermen Abid Ali and Manzoor.