16 Indian fishermen sent to Bangladesh jail for crossing maritime boundary 16 Indian fishermen sent to Bangladesh jail for crossing maritime boundary At least 16 Indian fishermen were arrested and sent to a Bangladesh jail after they were found crossing the maritime boundary. advertisement UPDATED: December 25, 2020 08:17 IST Sixteen fishermen have been sent to jail after they were arrested for violating the maritime boundary. A court in Bangladesh has arrested 16 Indian fishermen and sent them to jail for trespassing on the Bay of Bengal. On Thursday morning, they were taken to a court in Bangladesh and subsequently sent to jail. At around 10:50 pm on Tuesday night, the ship "Aparajeyo Bangla”, which was patrolling the deep sea in the western zone of the Coast Guard, spotted the 16 fishermen and detained them.