A Pakistani court has sentenced 350 Indian fishermen for fishing inside the country's territorial waters after they entered a guilty plea and ordered their repatriation. <br/><br/>Judicial magistrate Salman Amjad Siddiqui visited the district jail in Malir yesterday to indict 350 fishermen, who have been detained since January 27. <br/><br/>When the magistrate read out the charges against them, all the fishermen pleaded guilty of fishing inside Pakistani territorial waters. <br/><br/>The court then took a lenient view and convicted the fishermen for a period they have already spent in detention. <br/><br/>The Court also directed the jail authorities to approach the department concerned to make arrangements for their repatriation.
News On AIR | May 24, 2017 8:36 PM
350 Indian fishermen convicted by Pak court, to be repatriated