Jammu, Feb. 7 -- Three men, originally from Tamil Nadu, arrested by the Mumbai Police started their boat journey from Kuwait on January 28 and claimed to have taken the Saudi Arabia-Dubai-Pakistan route before entering Indian shores illegally, as per the police remand note.

A court on Wednesday remanded the trio to police custody till February 10 as the police needed to verify the route taken by the trio and whether they had committed any crime in the international territory.

The advocate for the accused, however, claimed that they escaped from their Kuwaiti employer who withheld their passports and ill-treated them.

The police have recovered GPS from the boat which needs to be sent for analysis to get clarity on the route taken by the...