Pakistan Maritime Security Agency today apprehended around 65 fishermen along with their 12 boats off the Gujarat coast, officials of National Fishworkers Forum said.
This is the biggest and the fourth major incident of apprehending Indian fishermen by PMSA since January this year.
"PMSA personnel have apprehended around 65 fishermen and their 12 boats off Gujarat coast," Secretary of NFF Manish Lodhari told PTI.
"Those fishermen from Okha and Porbandar town of the state sailed off the coast of Gujarat four to five days ago and today they were held captive," Lodhari said.
He said around 11 boats were from Porbandar and one was from Okha.
The NFF official said he got to know about the incident from the fishermen who were in contact with him through a wireless phone set.