The Bangladesh Navy has detained nine Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladeshi waters and fishing.
Md Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Mongla Thana, said that the fishermen were apprehended by Navy personnel from the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal Thursday morning.
Later, they were handed over to Mongla Thana police at night. The Navy has filed a case in this regard.
The fishermen will be sent to the district jail through the Bagerhat court on Friday, the OC said.
With this latest detention, the Navy has detained 71 Indian fishermen along with five fishing trawlers from Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal over the past three and a half months.
On July 14, 34 fishermen with two trawlers were held, on August 3, 14 fishermen with one trawler, and on October 17, 14 fishermen with one trawler were detained from the same area.
The 62 fishermen detained in these cases were lodged in Bagerhat district jail.
