Pakistani Buoy With GPS Found Off Maharashtra Coast, Raises Security Concerns
Days after receiving information about a GPS from Pakistan being activated in the waters in Raigad, the Maharashtra Police on Friday found a buoy near Korlai beach. According to the investigation, it was a Pakistani buoy, police said.
Aanchal Dalal, SP, Raigad, said that whenever this buoy received sunlight, its GPS would turn on. And that signal was from a Pakistani GPS.
'On July 6, we got information that a Pakistani GPS has been activated. Investigation revealed that it was a buoy. Today, after a thorough search, we have found that buoy, it would get activated when sunlight fell on it," Dalal added.
On Sunday night, the Indian Coast Guard informed the police that the suspected Pakistani boat, 'Muqadar Boya 99" with a boat number MMSI-463800411, was spotted near Korlai Fort, prompting an intensified search operation.
As per the officials, the vessel was spotted on the Indian Navy's radar, around two nautical miles off the Korlai coast in Revdanda.
The potential security scare sent agencies into a tizzy as 10 terrorists from Pakistan had sailed in a boat to reach the Mumbai coastline under the cover of darkness and launched a deadly terror attack in November 2008, killing 166 people.
After receiving the alert, the Raigad Police, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Quick Response Team (QRT), Navy, and Coast Guard personnel rushed to the spot at night and launched the search.
Police stated that a similar fishing buoy from Okha had drifted to the Gujarat coast on January 3.
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