NEW DELHI: It has not been even 48 hours after Indian Coast Guard had destroyed a boat in Arabian Sea near Indo-Pak maritime boundary on suspicious of ferrying explosives and terrorists from Pakistan, now came out to be smugglers smuggling diesel.
According to The India Express, new evidences have emerged that those on board might have been small-time liquor and diesel smugglers, ferrying bootleg cargo allegedly from the port of Gwadar to other fishing boats which have carried it into Karachi’s Keti Bandar harbour.
It is pertinent to mention here that the boats used by fisherman didn’t have a powerful engine unlike cost guards boats have.
According to reports, four persons on board seemingly blew themselves after being chased by the Coast Guards for over an hour and shooting warning fires during the incident.
The ‘Pakistani’ fishing boat was intercepted by the Coast Guard approximately 365 km from Porbander which was moving on way from Keti Bunder near Karachi, Indian defence sources said.
Moreover, the reports quoted intelligence inputs received on 31st December that the boat from Keti Bunder near Karachi was planning some illicit transaction in Arabian Sea.
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