Ahmedabad: Two-hundred-and-eighty fishermen from Gujarat, held captive in Pakistan
jails, would be released by authorities there on February 24, official sources said
on February 22.
The fishermen will reach Okha port in Western Gujarat by February 26 in 46 boats
that were seized by the neighbouring country, the sources said.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi had expressed deep concern over "inhuman" treatment
meted out to the fishermen in jails by Pakistan and expressed hope that the Human
Rights organisations would actively take up the matter.
PTI
