At least 42 fishermen from Gujarat were arrested and eight boats were seized by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off Jakhau coast in Kutch district on Saturday night, National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) claimed on Sunday. “We have confirmed that PMSA seized eight boats and arrested 42 fishermen, mostly from Porbandar, on Saturday,” said Manish Lodhari, secretary of the association, on Sunday. The boats had sailed from Porbandar a few days ago. After the seizure, they were taken to Pakistan, Lodhari said. The captured boats have been identified as Devshish, Narayanprasad, Lakshmiprasad, Balmukund, Hariantay, Rajkumar, Shri Ganesh and Jalrath. The PMSA had arrested 17 fishermen from Gujarat for allegedly fishing in Pakistan’s territorial waters last month. It had apprehended 43 fishermen and seized seven boats off the Gujarat coast in December 2017.
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