West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she wants the Bangladesh government to release the 84 fishermen from the state, who were jailed in the neighbouring country for illegally crossing the international border.
During an interaction with the journalists at the state secretariat, the Bengal Chief Minister said that India has a “very good friendship” with the neighbouring country.
“Two fishing trawlers have been caught in Bangladesh because they entered their jurisdiction (recently). Thirty-six fishermen were arrested and are now in jail. Even after this incident, three more trawlers with 48 fishermen somehow again crossed the border to reach Bangladesh after which they were also arrested and imprisoned,” Banerjee said.
The Bengal Chief Minister said that the trawlers could have lost their ways or there could be some other reasons.
“We have to find out whether they went there mistakenly or due to some other reasons. We are doing whatever can be done legally,” she said.
Banerjee said that the fishermen were repeatedly told by the unions not to venture into the waters of our neighbouring countries, referring to the current political situation there.
