(17 Nov 2011) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Close-up of Upindra, one of the arrested Indian fishermen
2. Wide of Upindra talking to other arrested fishermen
3. Close of Upindra's hands
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Upindra (only one name given), one of the arrested Indian fishermen:
"We entered Pakistani waters without knowing it while we were fishing in the sea as it was dark. We hadn't even cast the net when we spotted the Pakistani Navy. It was very early, around five in the morning. There were 23 boats, and they arrested all of us. They didn't leave anyone. We were arrested early on Wednesday."
5. Wide of Upindra opening his bag among confiscated items of arrested fishermen
6. Close of Upindra putting clothes back in the bag
7. Wide of all arrested Indian fishermen inside police station
8. Mid of Indian fishermen
9. Close up of Indian fisherman
10. Various of fishermen searching for their luggage among confiscated items
11. Close of police logo reading (English) "Striving To Serve, Sindh Police"
12. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdaal Muhammad, duty police officer at Karachi Docks Police Station:
"There were 122 Indian fishermen, and they had 23 fishing boats. They entered Pakistani waters in violation of international law, because of which they were arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and handed over to us. We have filed two cases against them and we will present them in court on Friday."
13. Wide of Muhammad
14. Mid of Indian fishermen standing inside cell, holding bars
15. Close up of fisherman's hands holding bars
16. Close up of fisherman's face
17. Mid of policeman speaking to fisherman through bars
18. Wide exterior of police station
STORYLINE
Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency has arrested 122 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in Pakistani territory in the Arabian Sea, a Pakistan police spokesman said on Thursday.
The fishermen were apprehended, along with their 23 boats, in the early hours of Wednesday for violating Pakistan's territorial waters, police said.
They were detained at Karachi Docks Police Station in the port of Karachi.
25-year old Upindra, a villager from the Indian state of Gujarat, was one of the fishermen arrested.
That morning, Upindra had kissed his two-month old child as usual before leaving for work.
Little did he know that later he would end up in a Pakistani prison instead of returning to his village.
"We entered Pakistani waters without knowing it while we were fishing in the sea as it was dark. We hadn't even cast the net when we spotted the Pakistani Navy. It was very early, around five in the morning," Upindra said.
Hundreds of fishermen, both Indian and Pakistani, share his fate, imprisoned for months, and even years, by rivals Pakistan and India for violating the disputed maritime border - despite a yearlong peace effort and agreement by the South Asian countries to release those already held.
Pakistan and India arrest dozens of fishermen every year as boats lacking modern navigational equipment regularly stray across the watery frontier in the hunt for a big catch.
Many of them languish in prison for years even after completing their jail terms.
Abdaal Muhammad, the duty police officer at the Karachi Docks Police Station, said two cases had been filed against the fishermen, and that they would be presented in court on Friday, after which further legal action would be taken.
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