A 52-year-old Indian fisherman has died allegedly by suicide on the Malir Jail in Pakistan’s Karachi, a jail official mentioned on Thursday (March 27, 2025).
“Gaurav Ram Anand on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) night died by suicide in the washroom of the barrack where Indian fishermen are jailed,” Jail Superintendent Arshad Hussain instructed PTI.
According to the Jail Superintendent, Anand was declared useless by the jail physician at round 2:30 Tuesday evening. His physique has been shifted to the mortuary of the Edhi Trust, the place formalities are being completed.
He added that after formalities on the authorities stage are accomplished, the physique shall be handed over to his household.
Anand had been languishing in Malir Jail since February 2022 after being arrested for illegal fishing in Pakistan’s territorial waters.
The governments of Pakistan and India have often carried out exchanges of prisoners, principally poor fishermen, as a goodwill measure. In February 2022, Indian fishermen have been handed over to Indian authorities on the Wagah border after being launched from Malir Jail.
Hussain mentioned a lot of the Indian fishermen serving their sentences in jail belonged to the Gir Somnath space in Gujarat.
According to info from the Edhi Foundation, Ansar Burney Welfare Trust and authorities sources, round 190 Indian fishermen are nonetheless languishing in Pakistani jails.
An official from the Edhi Foundation mentioned that many Indian fishermen who’re imprisoned undergo from melancholy and nervousness because of their state of affairs.
The Edhi Foundation and Ansar Burney Trust coordinate the discharge and transportation of Indian fishermen to the Wagah border when they’re launched and likewise monitor the welfare of those fishermen whereas they’re in jail.
Published – March 27, 2025 05:57 pm IST
