JOIN USDrifting of Pakistani boats into Indian waters on the western coast is giving the BSF anxious moments with the third such case in the last four days reported on Wednesday.
The interception of the Pakistani boat and the apprehension of the nine Pakistanis at the Sir Creek area adjoining Kutch district, close to the Pakistan maritime border, is the latest incident.
“The BSF patrol in Chauhan Nala, Creek area of Bhuj, Gujarat, spotted a boat in the Indian waters (on Wednesday morning). This place is near the International Boundary reference Boundary Pillar No G-43. The inhabitants of the boat were challenged and subsequently apprehended,” an official statement said.
During questioning, it came to light that they were Pakistani nationals. The recoveries included an “engine fitted wooden boat, fuel and water and fishing implements with some catch of crabs”, the statement said. However, with the relations between India and Pakistan in a flux, the security agencies are not taking any chances. Sources said that a detailed interrogation would reveal the real intent as the boat appeared to be relatively smaller in size for 8-9 people to venture out for fishing.
DH News Service
Disputed area
The Chauhan Nala, from where nine Pakistanis were apprehended, is near the disputed Sir Creek area in Kutch district. An officer by name Girish had given his initial ‘G’ to these pillars, originally erected as border pillars between the then Bombay and Sindh provinces during the British regime. Despite multiple wars, Pakistan continues to raise a dispute over the boundary laid down by these pillars.