Pakistan has apprehended 12 Indian fishermen and seized their two boats near the International Maritime Boundary in Gulf of Kutch on Gujarat Coast. According to reports, the two Indian fishing boats – Jhelelal and Jalaram – were seized by the Pakistani security agency from the international maritime boundary line off Jakhau coast on Saturday night.

The incident comes close on the heels of the Indian Coast Guard intercepting a Pakistani fishing boat off the coast of Gujarat recently. The Pakistani boat, which was said to be carrying explosives, was intercepted on the intervening night of December 31 and January 1 around 365-km off the Porbandar coast, before it exploded and caught fire and sunk with four crew members on board.