The Bangladesh Navy has detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler for illegally entering and fishing in Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal.
The arrest was made on Saturday night by the Navy鈥檚 warship BNS Bishkhali from the deep-sea area near the fairway buoy off Mongla Port.
Mohammad Zahidul Islam, senior fisheries officer of Mongla Upazila, said that a significant quantity of marine fish, including hilsa, was found on board the Indian trawler.
The recoveries will be auctioned, while the trawler and the fishermen have been handed over to Mongla Police Station for legal proceedings, he said.
鈥楢ll of the detained fishermen are residents of various parts of the South 24 Parganas district in India,鈥� he added.
Mongla Police Station officer-in-charge Md Anisur Rahman said that a case would be filed under the maritime boundary law for illegal entry and fishing. The detainees are expected to be produced before the Bagerhat court on Monday.
Earlier on July 14, Navy detained 34 Indian fishermen along with two trawlers, FB Jhar and FB Mangal Chandi, for illegally fishing in Bangladesh鈥檚 territorial waters.
