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Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday once again detained Bangladeshi fishermen for violating Indian territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal. This time the Indian Coast Guard detained a trawler loaded with 26 fishermen.
He was handed over to Fraserganj Coast Police Station in South 24 Parganas district. He will be produced before the Kakdwip sub-divisional court on Tuesday.
On Sunday, the Indian Coast Guard detained 29 Bangladeshi fishermen from another trawler that had similarly entered Indian waters. A total of 55 Bangladeshi fishermen have been detained in two days.
On Monday, the Indian Coast Guard sighted the trawler while patrolling in the Bay of Bengal and seized it. There were 26 fishermen on board. The trawler was immediately brought to the coastal area of Fraserganj and the fishermen were handed over to the police.
Officials expressed concern over the increasing number of Bangladeshi trawlers entering Indian waters carrying large numbers of fishermen.
Satinath Patra, secretary of the Sundarban Fishermen Workers Union, said, “Yesterday, the Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi trawler named Amina. Fraserganj coastal police station arrested 29 fishermen on board that trawler for violating Indian waters. This morning, the Indian Coast Guard seized another Bangladeshi trawler named FB Mayor Daya. 26 Bangladeshis were on board that trawler. They were fishermen. After taking them into custody, the Indian Coast Guard handed them over.” Fraserganj Coastal Police Station.”
He further said, “It is being investigated why so many Bangladeshi trawlers and fishermen are repeatedly violating Indian territorial waters. When diplomatic relations with Bangladesh were good, Bangladeshi fishermen were returned to that country after talking to the District Magistrate and the Home Ministry. is also being detained.”
Recently an undertrial Indian fisherman died mysteriously in a Bangladesh jail. Under those circumstances, security in the coastal areas was further strengthened, resulting in the seizure of the Bangladeshi trawler.
In September, a trawler carrying 13 Bangladeshi fishermen was detained by the Indian Coast Guard. Later the police arrested the fishermen.
–IANS
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