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A fishing trawler
driver was allegedly gunned down by Coast Guard personnel in
sea off the Paradip coast, officials said Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday night when the
deceased fisherman, identified as Mayadhar Mallick of
Naranapur village under Simulia police limits in Balasore
district, was driving the fishing trawler near Gahirmatha.
The Coast Guard said it has ordered an inquiry into
the incident.
In a statement, the Coast Guard said ICG ships during
patrol off Gahirmatha coast sighted a suspicious vessel. On
seeing them, the trawler tried to flee but when the ICG ships
tried to stop the boat, it made "evasive manoeuvres" and also
rammed the ICG ships.
The ICG ships resorted to fire warning shots to stop
the fishing boat. After boarding the suspect boat, Coast Guard
personnel noticed that one person was injured. He was
immediately brought to harbour by ICG ship and shifted to
Paradip Port Hospital, where he was declared dead, it said.
Coast Guard DIG, Paradip, Rajesh Makwana said: "The
Coast Guard personnel opened fire suspecting that there could
be some anti-national elements. The trawler had to be stopped
anyway."
Meanwhile, in a memorandum to the district
magistrate-cum-collector of Jatsinghpur district, the Trawler
Operators Association demanded stringent action against the
personnel responsible for the killing of Mallick.
"We also strongly demand that innocent fishermen
should not be treated like terrorists," the association said
in the memorandum.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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