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Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen

| | Feb 28, 2016, at 08:48 pm
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IBNS) Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency has arrested 20 India fishermen for fishing in the neighbouring nation's waters, media reports said on Sunday.

“The Indian fishermen were arrested by the MSA while they were fishing in Pakistani limits of the Arabian Sea,” an official at the Docks police station was quoted as saying to Dawn News.

“Their [Indian fishermen’s] four fishing boats have also been seized by the MSA. We are in the process of taking their custody from the MSA. They will be then produced in court," the official said.

The official told the newspaper that  a case under Sections 3/4 of the Foreigners Act and 3/9 of the Fishery Act against the Indian fishermen.
 

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