Orissa: Coast Guard detains Bangladeshi vessel

BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Coast Guard Saturday detained a Bangladeshi vessel with 16

people on board after they fired at local marine police in Bay of Bengal

in Orissa, an official said.Area fishermen first spotted the

vessel off Balasore coast and informed marine police, Superintendent of

Police Rajesh Kumar told IANS.When a police party tried to intercept the vessel its crew fired at them and attempted to sail towards Bangladesh. The

Coast Guard stepped in and managed to intercept the vessel near Haldia

in West Bengal. The vessel and the crew members have been brought to the

coast guard base at Paradip in coastal Jagatsinghpur district, Kumar

said.