KOLKATA: At least 35 Bangladeshi fishermen were arrested and their two trawlers seized by the Coast Guard after they were found in the Indian waters in the Bay of Bengal, said the police on Thursday.
According to the police, two suspicious trawlers were spotted by the Indian Coast Guard patrolling in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday morning. The Coast Guard immediately apprehended the two Bangladeshi trawlers for illegally entering Indian waters.
The Bangladeshi fishermen on board the two trawlers were brought to the Fraserganj fishing harbour by the Coast Guard later in the day.