Pak: 12 Indian fishermen sent to jail in Karachi
Karachi, Oct 19: Twelve Indian fishermen have been sent to jail in Karachi, days after being arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.
The 12 fishermen who were arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Force and their boat seized on Thursday were presented before a judicial magistrate by the Docks police on Friday.
The magistrate has now sent them to judicial lock-up in the Landhi jail where other Indian fishermen are also serving sentences for sometime now.
The Pakistan Maritime Security Force (PMSF) had also arrested 18 Indian fishermen on September 12 and seized two boats for allegedly illegally fishing in Pakistan's territorial waters.
The PMSF after arresting the fishermen hands them over to the police which than completes the formalities of sending them to jails in either Landhi or Malir in Karachi.
Before the September arrests there had been a lull of five months without any incident of Indian fishermen being arrested by Pakistani authorities.
The Pakistan government had as a goodwill gesture released 27 Indian fishermen on August 14 on the country's independence day.
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UP: 90 Bangladeshis, including 28 children, held in Mathura for illegal stay
Mathura (UP), May 16 (PTI): As many as 90 Bangladeshi nationals, including many children, were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday for alleged illegal stay in India, officials said.
They were taken into custody from local brickyards at Khajpur village under the Naujheel police station limits, a senior officer said.
"Regular searches were being conducted throughout the district. During one such operation, police were searching some local brickyards when they came across Bangladeshi nationals working there," SSP Shlok Kumar said.
Giving a break-up, the officer said in all, 35 men, 27 women and 28 children have been taken into custody.
"During interrogation, all of them admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India. They moved to Mathura three to four months back from a neighbouring state. Police are trying to establish their links," the SSP said, adding that their job contractor and other associates are also being questioned.
The officer told PTI that police also recovered some Aadhaar cards from the Bangladeshi nationals, apparently issued on forged documents in some other state.
Further legal proceedings are underway, Kumar said.
