Navy detains 9 Indian fishermen for illegal fishing
With this latest detention, the Navy has detained a total of 71 Indian fishermen along with five fishing trawlers from Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal over the past three and a half months
Bangladesh Navy has detained nine Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladeshi waters and fishing.
Md Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mongla Thana, said the fishermen were apprehended by Navy personnel from the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal yesterday (23 October) morning.
Later, they were handed over to Mongla Thana police that night. The Navy has filed a case in this regard.
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The fishermen are scheduled to be sent to the district jail through the Bagerhat court today (24 October), the OC said.
With this latest detention, the Navy has detained a total of 71 Indian fishermen along with five fishing trawlers from Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal over the past three and a half months.
Previously, on 14 July, some 34 fishermen with two trawlers; on 3 August, 14 fishermen with one trawler; and on 17 October, 14 fishermen with one trawler were detained from the same area.
The 62 fishermen detained in these earlier cases are currently lodged in Bagerhat District Jail.
