AMN / New Delhi
India has taken a serious note of the “unprovoked firing incident” in which a Pakistani Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) vessel fired on an Indian fishing boat resulting in death of one fisherman and injuries to another.
“We are going to take up this issue diplomatically with the Pakistan side,’’ said sources here.
While Pakistan said six Indian fishermen were taken into custody, there was no official word from the Indian side.
The Indian fisherman was killed and another injured after PMSA fired at their fishing boat near the international maritime boundary line in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Gujarat on Saturday evening, the Coast Guard and the Gujarat Police said in separate statements.
“The dead person was identified as Shridhar Chamare, 32, from Palghar district of Maharashtra. He was on the fishing boat ‘Jalpari’, which had sailed from Okha on October 25 with seven crew members, five of whom from Gujarat and two from Maharashtra,’’ said Dwarka Superintendent of Police Sunil Joshi.
AMN / New Delhi
India has taken a serious note of the “unprovoked firing incident” in which a Pakistani Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) vessel fired on an Indian fishing boat resulting in death of one fisherman and injuries to another.
“We are going to take up this issue diplomatically with the Pakistan side,’’ said sources here.
While Pakistan said six Indian fishermen were taken into custody, there was no official word from the Indian side.
The Indian fisherman was killed and another injured after PMSA fired at their fishing boat near the international maritime boundary line in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Gujarat on Saturday evening, the Coast Guard and the Gujarat Police said in separate statements.
“The dead person was identified as Shridhar Chamare, 32, from Palghar district of Maharashtra. He was on the fishing boat ‘Jalpari’, which had sailed from Okha on October 25 with seven crew members, five of whom from Gujarat and two from Maharashtra,’’ said Dwarka Superintendent of Police Sunil Joshi
“A boat sailing from Gujarat State in India illegally transgressed into Pakistan’s territorial waters. Subsequently Pakistan Maritime Security Agency’s ships attempted to interdict the intruding boat, which even after repeated warnings did not respond or change course,” the PMSA said.
Chamre’s body was brought to Okha port on Sunday and an FIR was registered by the police station with jurisdiction over any incident that occurs beyond 12 nautical miles off the Gujarat coast, he added.