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Navy, Coast Guard and IB to jointly probe fisherman's killing by Pakistan

by IBNS 18 Sep 2015, 08:12 pm

Ahmedabad, Sept 19 (IBNS) A day after one Indian fisherman was killed by Pakistan Navy off Gujarat coast, the coast guard, Navy and the Intelligence Bureau have begun a joint probe into the incident,reports said.

The fishing boat, Premraj, was brought to Okha late Friday night by the Indian Coast Guard.

The fisherman, identified as Iqbal Abdul Bhatti, died after his boat was fired at. Five people were on board the boat when the incident took place. 

The  Indian Coast Guard had sent two ships, Vijit and Meeraben, for search operation in that area.