Kolkata, Nov 17 (PTI) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized three Bangladeshi fishing boats with 79 crew members, including three minors, for illegal fishing inside Indian waters, an official said on Monday.

During surveillance by ICG ships, the three Bangladeshi fishing boats were detected operating approximately two nautical miles inside Indian waters, in violation of the Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981 (MZI Act), he said.

ICG ships Amrit Kaur and Kamla Devi, during international maritime boundary line (IMBL) surveillance in north Bay of Bengal, seized the three Bangladeshi fishing boats for illegally fishing inside Indian waters and detained the 79 crew members, the official said.

The vessels were boarded and thoroughly searched by Coast

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