Karachi: Pakistan has arrested 41 Indian fishermen and seized their seven boats for alleged illegal entry and fishing in Pakistani waters, police said today (Dec 7, 2004).

Coast guards from the Maritime Security Agency handed over the fishermen to police yesterday (Dec 6, 2004), said Athar Rashid Butt, a Karachi police official.

The fishermen were arrested late on Sunday (Dec 5, 2004) about 200 kms southeast of Karachi, Pakistan's main port on the Arabian Sea, he said.

Today the fishermen were produced in court, which ordered them to be held in jail, Butt said.