ANI
The race continued in the sea like cat and mouse for two hours. After this the Pakistani ship was asked to release the Indian fishermen. Ultimately threats and persuasion worked. Pakistani ship released the boat and fishermen.
Indian Coast Guard has taken a major action. It is reported that an Indian Coast Guard ship rescued seven Indian fishermen on 17 November. Pakistani Maritime Security Agency’s ship PMS Nusrat was forcefully arresting these fishermen and taking them to its border. That means India and Pakistan were catching these fishermen from near the border. On 17 November 2024, at 3:30 pm, an emergency call was received near the Indian Coast Guard ship ICG Advance. This was a distress call i.e. a call for help. This call came from Indian fishing board Kaal Bhairav. Who was fishing near the no fishing zone. This Pakistani ship intercepted and stopped it. After that, they were planning to capture the seven fishermen present on it and take them to Pakistan. But the advance of ICG went at full speed and stopped the Pakistani ship Nusrat.
The race continued in the sea like cat and mouse for two hours. After this the Pakistani ship was asked to release the Indian fishermen. Ultimately threats and persuasion worked. Pakistani ship released the boat and fishermen. But Kaal Bhairav’s boat broke and sank in the sea. After this, the ICG advance ship returned to Okha port in Gujarat on 18 November with the fishermen. Now intelligence agencies and state police are interrogating the fishermen. Besides, a report is also being prepared as to how this collision took place in the sea. But the way the Indian Coast Guard showed its action in front of Pakistan.
Giving information, officials said that the Coast Guard received a distress signal from an Indian fishing boat operating near the No Fishing Zone (NFZ) on Sunday afternoon, after which a ship was sent for rescue operation. It said the ICG ship intercepted the PMSA ship and persuaded them to release the Indian fishermen. The ICG ship was successful in bringing back seven fishermen safely, whose medical condition was found to be stable. However, the Indian fishing boat Kaal Bhairav was damaged and sank during the incident, the coastal security agency reported.
