Islamabad: Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency on Friday apprehended 13 Indian fishermen for allegedly trawling in Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea. "Our officials seized
three Indian fishing boats, arrested 13 crew members 55 nautical miles inside
our territorial waters and they have been handed over to the police," MSA spokesman
Lieutenant Commander Shakeel Ahmed Khan was quoted, as saying. "The arrested crew
members seem to be fishermen, but they are still being interrogated by the relevant
security organs to establish their exact identity and intent for operating in
our waters," he added. India and Pakistan frequently arrest each other's fishermen
over violation of maritime boundary. And hundreds of them are swapped regularly.
According to statistics, over 100 Pakistani fishermen are languishing in Indian
jails while nearly 500 Indian fishermen are in Pakistani prisons.
