Pakistan has released at least 200 Indian fishermen and handed over to the authorities of BSF (Border Security Force) at the Joint Check Post at the Attari-Wagah border, PTI reported.
All the fishermen crossed over to India around 1 am through the land transit route of the Attari-Wagah border using ‘Emergency Travel Certificate’ issued by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, it said.
“The fishermen were held after their boats allegedly slipped into Pakistan through territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.”
A team of Indian doctors conducted the medical examination of the fishermen following their repatriation.
Fishermen are frequently arrested and their boats seized by both India and Pakistan as the maritime border in the Arabian Sea is poorly defined and many fishing boats lack the technology to ascertain their precise locations, according to officials.