Pakistan arrests six more Indian fishermen

PAKISTAN: Pakistan has arrested six Indian fishermen for illegally entering the country's territorial waters, raising the number of detentions to 28 this week, an official said on Friday.

The latest arrests were made 50 km (30 miles) inside Pakistan's exclusive economic zone waters on Thursday, a security official said.

Security forces arrested 22 Indan fishermen and impounded six boats on Wednesday.

"We have had to make the arrests because the Indian fishermen keep on straying into our waters time and again despite several warnings to them to keep away," said security official, Atiq-ur-Rehman.

"We first warned them to go away but when they didn't heed our warnings we arrested them," he said.

Hundreds of Indian fishermen are languishing in Pakistani jails after being handed over to the police by maritime security forces.

Karachi, Friday, Reuters