Raigad police recover fishing buoy of Pakistani boat

Sat, 12 July 2025

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A fishing buoy of a Pakistani boat was on Friday recovered on the Raigad coast of Maharashtra, the police said.

The buoy was found near the Korlai fort during a search operation, said an official.

The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday night had informed the police that Pakistani boat "Muqadar Boya 99" with number MMSI-463800411 was spotted near the Korlai fort.

It later turned out that the boat was in Karachi, but its buoy with a transponder had got detached last year and drifted into the Indian waters.

The potential security scare had sent agencies into a tizzy as 10 terrorists from Pakistan had sailed in a boat to reach Mumbai in November 2008 before launching the 26/11 terror attack, killing 166 people. -- PTI

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