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After a 2-hour chase, Coast Guard rescues 7 Indian fishermen from Pak ship

 After a 2-hour chase, Coast Guard rescues 7 Indian fishermen from Pak ship.



Despite PMS Nusrat's efforts to retreat from the region, the Indian Coast ship intercepted and persuaded it to release the Indian fishermen.

An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Agrim, rescued seven Indian fishermen detained by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship on Sunday. The Indian ship chased the Pakistan vessel for two hours.



ICG ship Agrim successfully rescued the 7 Indian fishermen from the Pakistan Maritime Security ship. (X/@ANI)

According to ICG's statement, at around 03:30 pm on November 17, an ICG ship on patrol received a distress call from an Indian fishing boat (IFB) near the No- Fishing Zone (NFZ).

The Cost Gourd said that despite the PMSA ship Nusrat's efforts to return from the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary, Agrim intercepted and persuaded it to release the Indian fishermen, news agency ANI reported.

All seven fishermen, safely retrieved by the ICG, were found to be in stable medical condition. However, their fishing boat, Kaal Bhairav, was damaged, the Coast Guard said in a statement, adding that it sank during the incident.




Defense officials said that the Coast Guard chased the Pakistan ship, PMS Nusrat, for around two hours before getting a hold of it. ICG" clearly told them that under no condition, it would allow the Pakistan ship to take away Indian fishermen from fishing boat Kaal Bhairave from Indian waters."

The ICG ship, Agrim, returned to Okha Harbour on Monday, November 18, following which a joint investigation by the Coast Guard, state police, intelligence agencies, and fisheries authorities was launched. The probe will ascertain how the collision took place and what happened during the rescue operation, the statement said.

In July, the ICG had rescued a stranded fishing boat Aashni along with its 11-member crew off the Kochi coast amid inclement weather.

Indian Coast Guard rescues 11 from stranded fishing boat near Kochi 

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued Aashni, a stranded fishing boat with 11 people as crew, off the kerala coast during rough weather

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday rescued stranded fishing boat Aashni and its crew of 11 people off the Kochi coast amid challenging weather conditions due to heavy rainfall, the ministry of defense said

An Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) Aashni after being rescued by personnel of Indian Coast (ICG), with 11 Crew onboard amid heavy rain (PTI Photo)(PTI)



The boat was stuck 80 nautical miles off the coast from Kochi. The entire crew was in danger due to the boat flooding from a rupture in its hull. The boat also could not move due to a lack of propulsion. 

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