BSF seizes two Pakistani boats with 4 quintal fish in Ferozepur sector

Tribune News Service

Ferozepur, April 3

Two Pakistani boats were seized by a patrol party of the Border Security Force (BSF) in this sector on early Monday.

The boats were loaded with 400 kg fish and fishing nets.

Sleuths of BSF on patrol duty in the Sutlej intercepted the two boats inside Indian territorial waters at Dona Tel Mal, a border outpost under Ferozepur sector, the BSF said.

When challenged by BSF personnel, the boatmen jumped into the water and swam towards Pakistan.

“During patrolling the BSF personnel observed suspicious movement of two boats and some persons in the Sutlej,” Ferozepur Sector BSF DIG Raj Purohit said.

“BSF personnel fired one round in the air...all the persons left the boats and managed to escape,” he said.

Further details are awaited. With PTI