An Indian fisherman, Gaurav Ram Anand, 52, allegedly died by suicide in Karachi’s Malir Jail on Tuesday, Dawn.com reported. Arrested in February 2022 for allegedly trespassing into Pakistani waters, Anand was found hanging in the prison’s washroom, according to jail authorities cited by Dawn.Malir Jail Superintendent Arshad Husain confirmed the incident, stating that the inmate had gone to the washroom, where he hanged himself with a rope. A duty doctor pronounced him dead at 2:20 a.m., and a magistrate later ordered his body to be stored at the Edhi Foundation’s cold storage facility in Sohrab Goth pending further legal proceedings.The tragic event denotes the ongoing plight of fishermen who frequently find themselves imprisoned for into territorial waters due to the lack of a clearly demarcated maritime boundary and many fishermen, lacking modern navigation systems, mistakenly cross into foreign waters and are arrested.According to a government sources, as of December 31, 2024, 144 Indian fishermen and 1,173 boats—primarily from Gujarat—remain in Pakistani custody.
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