The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Agrim on Sunday successfully rescued seven Indian fishermen who had been detained by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) vessel near the India-Pakistan maritime boundary.
Despite the PMSA vessel’s attempts to retreat, the ICG ship intercepted the Pakistani vessel Nusrat and pursued it for approximately two hours before convincing the crew to release the fishermen.
“Indian Coast Guard ship Agrim deployed close to the maritime boundary line with Pakistan chased the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency ship PMS Nusrat after a chase of around two hours and clearly told them that under no condition, it would allow the Pakistani ship to take away Indian fishermen from fishing boat Kaal Bhairav from Indian waters,” ANI quoted defence officials as saying.
In a statement, Indian Coast Guard said that the incident took place near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary on Sunday.
“Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship successfully rescued seven Indian fishermen on 17 Nov 24, apprehended by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary. Despite efforts by the PMSA ship to retreat, ICG Ship intercepted PMSA ship and persuaded them to relieve Indian fishermen,” ANI quoted the IGC as saying in a statement.
“The ICG ship was able to retrieve the seven fishermen safely, who were all found to be in stable medical condition. Unfortunately, the Indian fishing boat Kal Bhairav was reported to have been damaged and sunk during the incident,” the ICG added in the statement.
The statement further said that the ICG Ship returned to Okha Harbour on Monday, where a joint investigation involving the ICG, State Police, Intelligence Agencies, and Fisheries authorities was undertaken to investigate the circumstances leading to the collision and the subsequent rescue operation.
With inputs from agencies
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Indian Coast Guard chases Pakistani vessel for 2 hours, rescues 7 detained fishermen
