India to-day sent a second protest within a week to Pakistan against the “continuing” intrusion of Pakistani vessels into Indian territorial waters along the Kutch coast. A note handed to the Pakistan High Commission here [New Delhi, February 27] said the total number of Intruding Pakistani vessels intercepted by the Indian Navy during a short period of three weeks was 29 with 443 persons on them. The note rejected an allegation of Pakistan’s Minister of Agriculture that the Indian Navy had intruded into Pakistan territorial waters and unlawfully seized the vessels. All these vessels, the note said, were intercepted well within the Indian territorial waters near places like Jakhau, Mandvi and Koteshwar at the Kutch coast.
