Boat came from Australia with some old papers: Maha ATS says as security tightened near Raigad beach

Raigad, Aug 19: Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad chief Vineet Agrawal on Thursday said that it has retrieved some papers from the mysterious boat which was recovered along with weapons near the Harihareshwar beach. Apart from this, security personnel has been deployed near the beach.

 

 

After the boat was recovered, the ATS was put on the job. The ATS chief said, "We will investigate how did the boat come here, and why the weapons were there in it. We have taken some things recovered into our possession. We've retrieved some papers from the boat, more things lying inside the boat. We are trying to pull the boat away from the sea. There are some old papers in the boat. It seems that the boat came from Australia."

 

 

Inspector General of Police, Konkan Range, Sanjay Mohite said that the decision on the terror angle into the incident will be decided post the probe. "A boat with a few weapons was seized off Raigad coast today, near the Harihareshwar area. Maharashtra ATS will be on it; the boat is secured as of now. To rule out the terror angle or not will be decided later," he said.

 

 

Earlier on Thursday, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said that on the face of it there was no terror link as the yacht, “Lady Han" was abandoned by its Australian owner Hana Lordorgan and her husband amid inclement weather near Muscat on June 26 while on their way to Europe.