Assam's fisherman, Simanta Saikia, who was arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Forces on November 28, 2018, has reached his hometown Golaghat on Thursday. He was released on January 6.

Simantahails from Assam's Merapani area under Golaghat district. Reacting to his jailterm in Pakistan, Simanta said, "It feels great to step in my homeland. We hadto work as labourers in Pakistan jail."

Itmay be mentioned here that Simanta along with 20 other fishermen from India wasarrested for allegedly straying into Pakistan's territorial waters. They wereworking as anglers in a Gujarat based company. In an attempt to hunt fish, thefishermen crossed the border and entered into Pakistan waters in the ArabianSea.