'Terror boat': fishermen ask India to substantiate allegations with evidences

Fishermen on Wednesday asked the Indian government to substantiate its terrorism allegations with evidences against Pakistan, saying that the Indian media and authorities proved that their navy is incapable to chase down a slow-paced fishing boat.
They said the Indian government should make its navy accountable for failing to pursue a fishing boat entered their waters and prove it was, in fact, carrying out a terror attack at its territory. At the end, fishermen condemned the Indian maritime for falsely linking an offshore boat explosion to Pakistani seafarers.
India had blamed Pakistan for a boat explosion after its maritime force chased it, killing four on the sea, which latter appeared to be a fuel oil smuggling vessel. The India immediately blamed it on Pakistani fishermen of Keti Bunder whose main fishing route stretches to Sir Creek - a disputed maritime border dividing both nations.
"It is up to the Indian media and its chauvinist government as to how they link a small indigenous incident to Pakistan by blowing it out of proportion just to rule a country of over one billion people through anti-Pakistan sentiments," President Native Islanders Fishermen Association, Asif Bhatti said.
He termed the Indian media's reports blaming Pakistani fishermen foe involvement in the boat explosion as 'baseless' which lacked evidences to prove the unfounded allegations true. "There are several questions which neither the Indian government nor Indian media can answer to prove their allegations on Pakistani fishermen," he challenged.
As a fisherman, he questioned the Indian government and its navy that how fast a fishing boat could be to evade a naval speedboat on the sea. "Let me tell them, a fishing boat may run at a maximum speed of nine nautical miles and a naval speedboat at least at 40 nautical miles, then how a snail-paced fishing boat kept running away from its navy for one hour and then it exploded before being hunted down," he maintained.
No reports of a single fishermen sailed to hunt deep sea towards Indian sea border have yet appeared from the province coastal areas, he said, adding that the people whom Indian government claimed to have been Pakistani fishermen were in fact its own citizens.
The shape of the exploded boat does not match to the curvature Pakistani wooden vessels, he claimed, saying that "the Indian boats are made on different designs called motora and the exploded boat looks like that.
He further asked as to how the Indian navy and its government immediately found who was sailing the exploded boat even after it plunged deep-sea after fire caught it.
"Pakistani boats are engraved at nearly four times within its different parts with registration numbers which are issued by the government's concerned department and not with their names," Bhatti said.
"I just want to ask the Indian navy as well as its media and government whether an explosion will tear a wooden boat into pieces or burn it altogether?" he said, adding that the fresh claims from Indian side contradicted the boat explosion rather it caught fire as it was a fuel oil smuggling bunker.
India cannot prove whether the boat had sailed through Pakistani waters as it failed once again after making immediate allegations against Pakistan, he asserted, saying that "at the end, Indian media rather made fun of its own big navy for being incapable to chase down a fishing boat".
The India's unfounded allegations triggered widespread anger among the local fishermen community which condemned its baseless allegations. "We cannot forget what India has done to us in Peshawar," he showed anger, saying "Indian government should think twice before putting fingers at Pakistan."
"India's allegation of terrorism against poor fishermen is condemnable," Chairman Pakistan Fishermen Sujag Forum, Muhammad Buksh Jat said, adding that India had put a false allegation of terrorism on Pakistani fishermen.
He said the boat had been carrying fuel oil illegally, belonging to Indian citizens that had blown up on the sea during the supplies and had no connections with the Pakistani fishermen. "India continues for a long time with its false allegations against Pakistani fishermen," he said and appealed to the United Nations to take notice of India's baseless allegations.