An aerial view of the fishing boat carrying explosives before being intercepted by Indian Coast Guard approximately 365 km off Porbander in Gujarat, on Wednesday. Photo: PTI. An aerial view of the fishing boat carrying explosives before being intercepted by Indian Coast Guard approximately 365 km off Porbander in Gujarat, on Wednesday. Photo: PTI.

Fresh details have emerged from the radio communication recorded from the Pakistani boat off Gujarat that revealed that four of its crew members received Rs 5 lakh each.

The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), which recorded the boat's radio communication, also said that the crew had set sail from Karachi and had plans to carry out a 26/11-type attack in Gujarat's Porbandar city.

The recorded conversation also revealed that Rs 5 lakh has been transferred into each 'sailor's' account.

Meanwhile, images taken by a Dornier aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard revealed that the crew was wearing T-shirts, shorts and sandals, which confirm they were not fishermen.

The boat was moving at 6 nautical miles on the sea and there was no other boat in the vicinity up to 40 nautical miles, according to the details from aerial and radar scans.

It seemed the boat was waiting for further orders.

The radio communication recorded by NTRO also revealed that the crew was in constant touch with the Pakistani maritime agency and the army.

Following the explosion on board the vessel early on December 31, there has been no information on the whereabouts of the crew. The boat sank.

It is believed that the crew may have set off the blast to destroy any evidence.

The probe of the vessel revealed that the boat had explosives on board, evident from the bright light emitted after the blast.