New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Indian Coast Guard authorities on Thursday apprehended a Bangladeshi fishing boat with 28 crew members for "illegally fishing" inside India's Exclusive Economic Zone in the northern Bay of Bengal, officials said.

During surveillance, an ICG ship observed a suspicious fishing vessel conducting "evasive manoeuvres within Indian waters," a senior official of the ICG said.

The ship, while on International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) surveillance in the northern Bay of Bengal, apprehended a Bangladeshi fishing boat along with 28 crew members for "illegally fishing inside India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on November 20," the ICG said.

The vessel was promptly intercepted and identified as a Bangladeshi fishing boat in violation of the Maritime Zones of India (Reg

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