New Delhi: The security has been beefed up across entire Gujarat coast after an explosive laden Pakistani fishing boat was intercepted, Coast Guard IG Kuldeep Singh said on Saturday.
While addressing the media, Singh said the Coast Guard is vigilant and 6-7 aircrafts are continuously monitoring the Gujarat coast.
Singh said Indian Coast Guard personnel are continuing operations in the Arabia Sea to recover something, but are yet to find any clue.
Following the incident, the state authorities have sounded a high alert in the state. Indian Coast Guard and Border Security Force (BSF) along with the Gujarat Police are maintaining high vigil after the incident.
A possible terror attack was averted by the timely intervention of the Indian Coast Guard, when it intercepted a suspicious fishing boat carrying explosives in the Arabian Sea, near the India-Pakistan maritime boundary which lies approximately 365 kilometres away from Porbander.
Earlier, a statement by the Ministry of Defence said that as per intelligence inputs received on December 31, a fishing boat from Keti Bunder near Karachi was planning some illicit transaction in the Arabian Sea. Based on the input, a Coast Guard Dornier aircraft undertook a sea-air coordinated search and located the suspect vessel.
According to the statement, on being warned, the boat increased its speed and attempted to flee the maritime boundary and set the boat on fire, which resulted in an explosion. Ultimately, the boat burnt and sank in the early hours of January 1. All the people on board could not be saved and the material could not be recovered.
(With agency inputs)
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