India repatriates 31 Pakistani fishermen

Attari (Amritsar), Jan 2 (PTI) India on Saturday
repatriated 31 Pakistani fishermen, including three children,
to their home country through the Indo-Pak border at
north-western part of the country.
They were brought to the Indo-Pak Joint Check Post in
the morning from Bhuj jail in Gujarat for repatriation, said
an official at the border.
They finally crossed over in the evening after a
Pakistani High Commission official from the national capital
arrived with Emergency Travel Certificates, he said.
These fishermen were caught fishing illegally in
Indian waters off Gujarat and had served jail terms for
periods ranging from six months to one-and-half year.
Earlier, on December 26, Pakistan had freed 100 Indian
fishermen, including nine teenagers, and they had come over
through the Attari border. PTI CORR