Iranian fishing boat off Kerala coast: Search ends in sea

KOCHI: The national investigating agency Sunday ended the search to recover the objects allegedly dropped in the deep sea from a foreign dhow off Kerala coast. The search was stopped after objects could not be recovered from the bottom of the sea.

The search was conducted by Geological Survey of India’s R V Samudra Ratnakar and they could not find anything in the search conducted two days. The search was led by the NIA and scientists.

The foreign dhow with 12 crew, suspected to be from Iran and Pakistan, on board was intercepted off Kerala coast and detained by the Coast Guard and state police which recovered a satellite communication set and a Pakistani identity card from the vessel in July.

The dhow Barooki was intercepted by the Coast Guard and state police following intelligence inputs, off the coast of Alappuzha and brought to Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram. NIA was handed over the case on August 4.

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