India releases 5 Pakistani fishermen

India releases 5 Pakistani fishermen
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Summary Five Pakistani fishermen captive in India for the past 3 months have been freed.

Laal Baksh Lahuti, Farhad, Aurangzaib, Sajjad Ali and Muhammad Umar were arrested by the Indian Navy and handed over to the Mumbai Police about three months ago.Ansar Burney said that he contacted Indian authorities for the release of the fishermen and on the intervention of Maharashtra CM all the prisoners were freed. They would reach their country on Monday, he added.

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