Pak arrests 11 Indian fishermen for alleged violation of maritime boundary

Authorities have today said that 11 Indian fishermen have been arrested by Pakistan for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters.

The Pakistani Maritime Security Agency (MSA) arrested the fishermen, who were in two boats, on charges of entering the country's Exclusive Economic Zone.

According to officials, the fishermen said they had crossed the maritime boundary by mistake.

The fishermen were handed over to police in Karachi. They will be produced in a court for completion of legal formalities, officials said.

India and Pakistan arrest scores of fishermen every year on charges of violating each other's maritime boundary. The fishermen sometimes languish in prisons for years.