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61 Bangladeshis rescued from boat in Bay

Our Correspondent, New Delhi
the Indian Coast Guard on Thursday rescued and apprehended 61 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly trying to enter illegally into Thailand in a mechanised boat through the Bay of Bengal.
"We rescued and apprehended 61 Bangladeshi nationals in the Bay of Bengal yesterday while they were going to immigrate illegally into Thailand," Coast Guard Andaman and Nicobar region spokesperson Commandant Akshay Jain said.
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During interrogation, the Bangladeshis told the Coast Guard that they were wandering in the sea for three days without ration and water after losing their way to Thailand.
"The boat carrying the Bangladeshi nationals did not have a compass, which could tell the direction in which they were moving and were wandering for three days in the sea. They had exhausted their ration and drinking water," he said.
Giving details of the operation, Jain said "a coast guard helicopter on surveillance sortie at 1030 hours on January 8 sighted a black coloured mechanised boat near Rutland Island south of Port Blair with 50-60 people on board waving for help after they had lost their way to Thailand."
The boat, he said, had sailed from Cox's Bazaar on January 1 towards the South-East Asian country and lost its way and came close to the Andaman islands.
After locating the boat, the helicopter sent a message to the Coast Guard regional headquarters in Port Blair, which dispatched a C-140 fast interceptor boat towards the mechanised boat to bring it safely to the shore.
"A Dornier surveillance aircraft and a helicopter along with a Coast Guard ship were sent to sanitise the area and look out for any other such boats," the officials said.
The ship reached the boat at 1400 hours and after taking the boat in its custody, interrogated the men and escorted them to the Coast Guard facilities in Port Blair at 2130 hours in the evening.
"After carrying out preliminary investigation of the Bangladeshi nationals, the Coast Guard handed them over to the local police for further interrogation," Jain said.
On December 26 2008, the Coast Guard rescued another batch of 105 Bangladeshi and Myanmarese nationals who were also going to Malaysia.