As many as seven boats with 30 fishermen have been reported missing off the Saurashtra coast since Monday night. | |
| Fishermen's association sources here said the boats went missing from Indian waters last night. |
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| Of the total seven boats missing, four were from Porbandar and three from Okha port, the association sources said. |
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| The sources said the missing boats are suspected to be apprehended by the Pakistan Marine Security. |
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| Coast guard officials said according to written complaints that they have received on Tuesday, five fishing boats with 30 fishermen are reported missing. |
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| Investigations are progressing and it is not clear whether the boats had crossed into the international waters during fishing, coast guard officials said. |
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| Gujarat state fisheries department officials at the Okha Port said two boats from Mangrol and Vanakbara were reported missing with six fishermen on them on Monday. |
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| The Coast Guard officials, however, said it was not clear whether the boats were apprehended by the Pakistani coast guard officials after they crossed to international waters. |
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| Officials said it could also be possible that the boats might have ventured far off the Saurashtra coast and yet are in Indian waters. |
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| Citing an example, the Coast Guard officials said, for the past 25 days, a boat of Kerala, 'Mary Christen' was missing from the Arabian Sea, which later was found near Mumbai with 10 fishermen. |
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| The boat was brought to Okha port on Monday. |
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| Coast Guard commandant Kajal Roy said complaints have so far been received by boat owners that five boats from Veraval and Mangrol have been missing. |
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| "These boats are Hiteshwari, Mrignayini, Sagar Ganga, Sagar Prem, and Loni Prasad. Each boat was manned by six fishermen," said, the coast guard commandant. |
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