Bangladeshi spies posed as fishermen?

PARADIP: Of the 16 Bangladeshi fishermen who were arrested last month in Balasore for trespassing on Indian waters, two have been found possessing dual passports.Informing this to mediapersons on Monday, Paradip SDPO-cum-Nodal officer of Coastal Security Santanu Das said Prafulla Das and Bimal Das had passports of both India and Bangladesh.Without divulging details for security reasons, the police officer said the two were staying in a coastal state of the country and passed on significant information to some Bangladeshi nationals about access to Indian waters.On October 23, Balasore fishermen had spotted the foreign vessel in the sea and when they went near the vessel to query, the crew members had opened fire at them.The Coast Guard personnel had then apprehended the 16 Bangladeshi fishermen for illegally entering into the Bay of Bengal. They were later handed over to Marine police here.The Coast Guard personnel had also seized ‘F B Mahalaxmi’, a mechanised fishing vessel from their possession. Subsequent investigation  revealed that the name of the vessel had been changed to mislead the security personnel and no nets were recovered from the vessel even as the Bangladeshi nationals claimed that they had come for fishing.The cop said many vital documents had been seized from them.