Bangladesh Navy arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized their trawler from Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal in Mongla upazila, Bagerhat on Thursday night for intruding into the water territory of Bangladesh.
The arrestees hail from Kakdwip area of Dakkhin 24 Pargana district in India.
Mongla police station OC M Lutfar Rahman said a patrol team of Navy detained the 10 Indian fishermen while catching fish in the Bangladesh water territory.
They were handed over to Mongla police station yesterday afternoon.
A case was filed against them with police.
Later, the chief judicial magistrate in the district sent the detainees to prison after police produced them before the court, the OC said.