BSF Nabs Pakistani Fisherman For Intruding Into Indian Territory
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The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended a Pakistani fisherman for intruding into Indian territory while taking advantage of rough seas and restricted visibility in Gujarat, the central paramilitary force said on Sunday.
The fisherman has been identified as Khalid Hussain, 35, a resident of Shahbandar in Sindh province of Pakistan.
The BSF troops of 108 Battalion caught the fisherman at 5.50 p.m. on Saturday while patrolling in general area Sir Creek a 96-km tidal estuary in the uninhabited marshlands of the Indus River Delta on the border between India and Pakistan.
BSF nabs Pak fisherman off Gujarat coast
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said they have nabbed a Pakistani fisherman, along with his boat, near the Sir Creek area adjoining Kutch district of Gujarat.
BSF, in an official statement here, said that around 1750 hours on Saturday, while patrolling in general area of Sir creek, they observed one Pakistani fishing boat which had intruded into Indian territory taking advantage of rough sea state and restricted visibility.
It further said that the alert patrolling team of the 108 battalion then seized the boat along with the lone Pakistani fisherman named Khalid Hussain, a resident of Shahbandar in Sindh in Pakistan.