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In an early morning operation on Tuesday, the crew of the patrol boat ‘Chaitrali’, belonging to the Yellow Gate police station, intercepted a 30-meter-long Kuwaiti fishing trawler just four nautical miles from the iconic Gateway of India.    #MumbaiCoast #Chaitrali #GatewayOfIndia #KuwaitiBoat #MumbaiSecurity#KuwaitiTrawlerIncident #CoastalPoliceAlert                 ~PR.151~ED.103~

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00:00 A shocking incident took place in Mumbai involving a Kuwaiti fish trawler and three individuals

00:09 from Kanyakumari.

00:10 In an early morning operation on Tuesday, the crew of the patrol boat Chaitrali, belonging

00:15 to the Yellowgate Police Station, intercepted a 30-metre-long Kuwaiti fishing trawler just

00:20 four nautical miles from the iconic Gateway of India.

00:24 Deputy Commissioner of Police for the Port Zone Sanjay Latkar revealed that the three

00:28 individuals on board, identified as Nith Suddhito, J. Sayantha Anish and infant Vijay Vinay Anthony,

00:34 claimed to be from Kanyakumari and had been working for a company in Kuwait.

00:38 Allegedly, they had not been paid for two years and were not provided with regular meals.

00:42 Their passports were also confiscated by their employers.

00:46 The trio managed to escape their situation by navigating their way to Mumbai over a 10-day

00:50 journey guided by a GPS device.

00:53 They were stopped by coastal police at Prongs Lighthouse and subsequently handed over to

00:57 the Colaba Police.

00:58 A Colaba police officer said that they were questioning the escapees.

01:02 The police officer said that they seemed to have difficulty communicating in both English

01:05 and Hindi, making their investigation challenging.

01:08 However, the officer said that the police were considering their illegal re-entry sympathetically,

01:12 recognising that they may be victims in this situation.

01:15 This incident has raised concerns about the security lapse, with conflicting statements

01:19 from the Navy and the Coast Guard.

01:21 DCP Latkar asserted that it was the police who first stopped the vessel and then alerted

01:25 the Navy.

01:26 However, Naval forces claimed that they initially intercepted the trawler at Prongs Lighthouse.

01:31 A Naval spokesperson refused to accept any lapse on the Navy's part, stating that one

01:35 should let the police conduct an investigation.

01:37 Calls to high-ranking officials, including K Suresh, Additional Director General of the

01:42 Coast Guard West and Inspector General Bhisham Sharma remain unanswered.

01:46 Despite continuous aerial and sea patrols by the defence forces, questions arise about

01:50 how the Kuwaiti vessel managed to approach Mumbai undetected.

01:54 This incident is reminiscent of a similar event last year, when a yacht loaded with

01:58 arms was discovered off Raigad district after being damaged by inclement weather.

02:04 As investigations unfold, Mumbai remains on high alert and authorities are working to

02:08 address the gaps in the coastal security system.

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