BSF Detains 4 Pakistani Fishermen, Seizes Fibre Boat in Gujarat’s Sir Creek Area
Kutch (Gujarat), October 25, 2026: The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended four Pakistani fishermen and seized their fibre fishing boat in the Sir Creek region of Gujarat’s Kutch district after they were allegedly found inside Indian waters. The interception took place in the sensitive marshy stretch of the India-Pakistan border after the BSF acted on specific intelligence inputs.
According to BSF information, the four men have been identified as Kadir Thaimor, Muhammad Mussa, Azgar Thaimor and Ahsan Jat. All four are residents of Chach Jaan Khan village in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Their boat was seized during the operation. Officials said further details about any additional recoveries, the investigation or subsequent legal proceedings were not immediately available.
The fishermen were allegedly engaged in crab-catching when they entered Indian waters, prompting the BSF to move in. Personnel intercepted the group while keeping watch over the marshy tidal channels of the region, where navigation is difficult and border monitoring remains challenging because of shallow waters, extensive mudflats and changing tides.
Officials said the BSF continues to maintain a close vigil along the western border to prevent unauthorised crossings and other illegal activities. Incidents involving Pakistani fishermen straying into Indian waters have been reported periodically from the Sir Creek area in the past, largely because of the difficult terrain and the ambiguity that can arise in the tidal zone.
Sir Creek is a roughly 96-kilometre-long narrow, marshy tidal estuary in the Rann of Kutch. It separates Gujarat in India from Sindh province in Pakistan before opening into the Arabian Sea. The area remains strategically sensitive because of the longstanding unresolved boundary dispute between the two countries over the creek.
The boundary dispute is rooted in differing interpretations of a 1914 Bombay Government Resolution and the applicability of the thalweg principle for navigable channels. It has implications for the demarcation of the maritime boundary and the respective Exclusive Economic Zones in the Arabian Sea. While the 1968 tribunal award settled most of the larger Rann of Kutch claims, the Sir Creek issue was left unresolved, and the difficult geography continues to complicate surveillance for security forces.
The latest apprehension highlights the BSF’s continuing effort to secure the coastal frontier in Kutch amid the unresolved maritime boundary issues in the region.
