16 Bangladeshi fishermen on hunger strike in Indian jail

The fishermen hailed from Cox's Bazar district.

According to a report published in the Ananda Bazar Patrika of Kolkata, Indian sea guards arrested 100 Bangladeshi fishermen on charge of intrusion on December 29 in 2002 from Bashanti area in 24, Parganas district of West Bengal.

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Seven fishing trawlers were also seized for trespassing the Indian territorial waters.

The arrested fishermen were handed over to Haldia thana where two separate cases were recorded against them.

However, 84 out of 100 fishermen were pushed back at the intervention of Bangladesh Embassy in India, according to the Ananda Bazar report. Seven seized trawlers were also set free.

But the rest 16 fishermen are still languishing in jail.