The normally peaceful protests, on since two months, became violent this week when police tried to push them away, leading to clashes which resulted in the killing of a policeman on Tuesday.
Pakistani fishermen, who had entered the Indian waters illegally in the Harami Nala creek area in Gujarat, abandoned their boats on seeing a BSF patrol and fled, the officials said.
The spokesperson said a special ambush party of the Border Security Force (BSF) noticed movement between border pillars number 1165 and 1166 while the fishermen were sneaking "into Indian territory" through one of the water...