Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency also captured eight boats belonging to the fishermen, who it said had strayed into Pakistani waters. The fishermen were later handed over to local police in the port city of Karachi.
“We have been gived the custody of the 47 Indian fishermen who have been arrested from the sea for violating territorial waters,” Fida Hussain, a senior police official in Karachi, told AFP.
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