Guptan VeemboorApr 3, 2012 05:09 PM

Mr.Sampath, In today's Times of India I read a news of Indian fishermen who were fishing in Pakistan territorial waters were caught by Pakistan authorities. These types of news about fishermen crossing the boundaries of territorial waters is very common. I would say that it is because the illiterate fishermen do not have any idea where the boundaries are. They don't have any means of knowing it. It is only the gut feeling. Why I am telling is that if the fishermen of the boat St.Antony says that the incident happened in Indian territorial waters it has absolutely no meaning. So the shooting could have happened outside the Indian territorial limit of 12 nautical miles. Beyond this 12 nautical miles the rules are bit grey. They are not absolutely black and white. If it is an act of terrorism then it is clear cut. Any government against whom the terrorist act has been performed it can pursue the perpetrator anywhere. That is why the defense council asked the judge whether the shooting was an act of terrorism. The judge then acted more like a politician rather than a judge. He told that the act in the eyes of the victims family is an act of terrorism.
Guptan Veemboor