New Delhi: The Indian Navy has rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and 23 Pakistani nationals serving as its crew after a more than 12-hour operation against pirates. This information has been given by the officials. According to an official statement issued by the Navy spokesperson, expert teams of the Indian Navy are thoroughly examining the fishing vessel so that it can be moved to a safe area to resume fishing operations.
What did the Indian Navy say?
The Indian Navy said late on Friday that it was engaged in an operation to rescue a hijacked fishing vessel that was reportedly boarded by pirates and their crew. The Navy said the ship was detained on Thursday. “INS Sumedha intercepted FV ‘Al Qambar’ in the early hours of Friday and was later joined by INS Trishul,” it said. The fishing vessel was about 90 nautical miles south west of Socotra at the time of the incident and was ‘boarded by armed pirates armed with weapons.’
Indian Navy’s action will continue
It should also be mentioned here that Socotra Island is in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden. The Indian Navy has increased its vigilance in view of the increasing pirate attacks on merchant ships near the Gulf of Aden in the last few months. Earlier on January 5, the Indian Navy had rescued the Liberian-flagged vessel MV Leela Norfolk off the Somalia coast after it was hijacked by pirates. On March 23, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar had said that the Navy will take necessary action to make the Indian Ocean region more secure.
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