Coast Guard seizes Pakistani boat with 9 crew members for illegally entering Indian waters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized a Pakistani fishing boat with nine crew members inside Indian waters near the International Maritime Boundary Line, officials said on Thursday.
The boat is being brought to Porbandar, they said.
“In a swift and precise night operation, an Indian Coast Guard ship, while on patrol in the Arabian Sea, sighted a Pakistani fishing boat inside Indian waters near the notional International Maritime Boundary Line on January 14, 2026,” Gujarat Defence PRO Wing Commander Abhishek Kumar Tiwari said in a post on X.
When challenged, the boat attempted to flee towards the Pakistani side, he said. “However, the ICG ship intercepted and boarded the boat in Indian waters. A total of nine crew members were found on board the Pakistani boat, Al-Madina,” he added.
The boat is being towed to Porbandar by an ICG ship for thorough “rummaging” and joint interrogation of the crew by agencies concerned, the post said.
“The operation reaffirms the ICG’s unwavering commitment to securing Bharat’s maritime frontiers through relentless vigilance and law enforcement across the nation’s maritime domain,” it added.
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Kerala: Two sports trainees found hanging in hostel, probe launched
Kollam (Kerala) (PTI): Two teenage girl athletes, both trainees staying at a SAI hostel, were found dead in one of their rooms on Thursday in an apparent suicide pact, the police said.
The deceased were identified as Sandra A (18) of Chaliyam in Kozhikode district and Vyshnavi V(15) of Muthakkal in Thiruvananthapuram district.
According to police, Sandra was an athletics trainee studying in Plus Two, while Vyshnavi was a kabaddi player and a Class 10 student.
The incident came to light around 5 am when fellow hostel inmates noticed that the duo had not reported for the morning training session.
When repeated knocks on the door went unanswered, hostel authorities broke open the door and found both girls hanging from ceiling fans in the room, police said.
Police said Vyshnavi was staying in a different room but had spent Wednesday night in Sandra’s room. Both were seen by other hostel inmates before 12.30 am, police added.
An FIR was registered based on the complaint of SAI centre in charge, police said.
Vaishavi was found hanging from a ceiling fan near the door of the room no 21 at top floor using a bedsheet, the FIR said.
It also stated that Sandra was found hanging from another ceiling fan in the same room, also using a bedsheet.
Police officials said the preliminary probe indicates suicide, and the investigation is continuing to ascertain the reasons behind it.
Though police initially denied the existence of any suicide note, they later confirmed receiving letters from both deceased persons. An officer said the letters mentioned personal issues and were addressed to their parents.
A case has been registered at the Kollam East police station under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for unnatural death.
"The reason for such an act is yet to be ascertained. We are conducting a probe into the incident," Kollam City Police Commissioner Kiran Narayanan told PTI.
Police officials said the body of Vyshnavi was handed over to her relatives after the post-mortem examination in the evening. The post-mortem examination of Sandra will be conducted on Friday, police added.
Both had been staying at the SAI hostel for the past two years, they said.
Sports Authority of India authorities said that a case has been registered.
"SAI is cooperating in the investigation. Investigation is underway," police said.
Police will record statements from other sportspersons in the hostel, their trainers, relatives, schoolmates, and school teachers, an official said.
Also, mobile phones would be examined as part of the investigation.
