The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Monday that it seized one abandoned Pakistani fishing boat from the ‘Harami Nala’ creek area near Bhuj in Gujarat’s Kutch district, along the India-Pakistan maritime border.
The boat was discovered near ‘Harami Nala’ around 6 a.m. by BSF personnel patrolling the area, according to a BSF official. The BSF confiscated some ice boxes, jerry cans, and fishing nets. However, the men on the boat were able to flee to Pakistan.
“We seized a Pakistani fishing boat from ‘Harami Nala’ in Kutch of Gujarat around 6 am. A few people were seen on the boat, but they jumped into the water and swam towards the Pakistan side. Icebox, jerry can and fishing net have been seized by the BSF personnel from the abandoned boat,” the BSF official said.
The Pakistani fishermen often flee to their side abandoning their boats after spotting BSF patrol units.
The authorities have barred Indian fishermen from entering the creek area, however, Pakistani fishermen enter the Indian side to catch fish.
The ‘Harami Nala’ is also known as the Sir Creek area. The area is a 22 km long and approximately 8 km wide marshy patch that is navigable most of the time.
The BSF had earlier this year seized three Pakistani boats from ‘Harami Nala.’
In different operations in May, the BSF apprehended over nine Pakistani fishermen and seized a similar number of Pakistani fishing boats.