The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended three Pakistani fishermen and seized their boat from a creek near the India-Pakistan border off the Kutch district coast in Gujarat on Monday, said BSF.
Three Pakistani fishermen were apprehended in the early hours of Monday from the Harami Nalla creek area during a special search operation, according to BSF release.
“Upon learning about the movement of a Pakistani fishing boat and fishermen inside the Indian territory of the creek, the BSF patrol immediately rushed to the spot and seized their boat. On seeing BSF personnel approaching them, fishermen started fleeing towards Pakistan. However, BSF jawans chased them and apprehended three Pak fishermen,” it said.
They are residents of Pakistan’s Zero Point.
Preliminary questioning revealed that one of the fishermen was detained by the BSF in 2017 and spent a year in the Bhuj Jail before being repatriated to Pakistan from the Attari Wagah border.
The fishermen told BSF they entered Indian territory for fishing as it is their main source of livelihood, said the release, adding nothing suspicious was found on the seized boat.