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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Baghpat (UP) (PTI): Police said on Saturday that three youths allegedly bludgeoned a man to death with a brick in Meetli village here following a late-night beer party.

Preliminary investigations suggest the dispute arose from a suspected illicit relationship, said police, adding that the three accused have been detained.

Police received information on Saturday morning that the body of Sonu (40), a resident of Dola village, was lying in the forest near Meetli village.

There were visible signs of severe head injuries on his body, and bottles of liquor and beer were also recovered from the crime scene, leading to the suspicion that a drinking party had taken place there before the incident, police said.

Superintendent of Police Suraj Kumar Rai said police registered a case based on the written complaint submitted by the family members.

Police sent the body for a postmortem.

According to the deceased's family members, two youngsters from the same village took him away at 8:00 pm on Friday, and he never returned home.

They said when they tried to contact him via phone, his mobile number was switched off.

The deceased worked as a street food vendor in the village and is survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.