Indian fisherman killed in Pak. maritime agency firing off Gujarat
A 40-year-old Indioan fisherman was killed in firing allegedly by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency in midsea when a fishing boat named Premraj of Gujarati fishermen was targeted on Friday morning. The fisherman was identified as Iqbal Bhatti.
"The firing launched without any provocation," said an association of fishermen.
The media statement issued by the Indian Coast Guard does not mention about any agency of the neighboring country while the association has maintained that the firing was launched by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency, which patrols the marine boundary line of Pakistan.
According to the ICG statement, the incident occurred 10 nautical miles from the notional international maritime boundary line (IMBL). “At 9:30 a.m., Indian Coast Guard ship Vijit intercepted a VHF call seeking the coast guard’s assistance for an Indian fishing boat being fired upon by an unidentified boat.”
On receiving the message, the Coast Guard rushed two ships towards the site of the incident. Also, a Dornier aircraft was pressed into service from Porbandar station to undertake aerial surveillance of the area along the IMBL.
"The Coast Guard ship Vijit effected rendezvous with the boat and ascertained that the firing incident had resulted in a death of a fisherman named Iqbal, who succumbed due to the bullet injury sustained during the firing."
"The remaining crew is safe and the fishing boat is under the escort of Indian Coast Guard ship Meera Behn and is likely to enter Okkha 11 p.m.," the ICG statement added.
Meanwhile, the incident has triggered strong reactions from the leaders of the political parties.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel, a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, termed the incident as "despicable and unprecedented" while slamming the Narendra Modi-led NDA government of "failing to secure the Gujarat coast line".
Mr. Patel said he had repeatedly reminded the central government of vulnerability of fishermen from Gujarat but the government did not beef up security for them.
Geographically, Gujarat has the longest — 1660 km — coastline and is one of the top States for marine products in the country. Gujarati fishermen are often arrested by the marine security agency of Pakistan along the IMBL.
According to sources in the Gujarat government, over 200 Gujarati fishermen are languishing in Pakistan jails, while around 100 Pakistani fishermen are jailed in Gujarat.
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