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14 Indian fishermen held in Bay

October 23, 2019 00:00:00


BAGERHAT, Oct 22 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Navy on Tuesday detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler from the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal for intruding into the Bangladesh maritime territory.

A patrol team of Navy detained them while fishing in the Bangladesh territory in the morning, said officer-in-charge of Mongla Police Station Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury.

The detainees were handed over to police in the evening, he said.


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