16 Indian fishermen arrested

Published January 26, 2004

KARACHI, Jan 25: The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has detained 16 fishermen along with three boats for violating limits of Pakistani territorial waters.

According to Docks police here on Sunday the fishermen were in their custody and they would be produced in the court on Monday. They said that the fishermen were arrested 66 kilometres inside Pakistani sea south of Karachi Port on Saturday.

Names of the boats are Kirshal, Prince and Boni while the names of captains are Jamna, Dojay and Ramesh, respectively.-APP

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