A crew comprising 23 Pakistani nationals, who were rescued by the Indian Navy from Somali pirates after an operation in the Arabian Sea on Friday (March 29), thanked the Indian Navy and raised ‘India Zindabad’ slogans.
After successfully forcing surrender of the nine armed pirates, Indian Navy’s specialist teams completed sanitisation and seaworthiness checks of FV Al-Kambar.
The crew comprising 23 Pakistani nationals were given a thorough medical checkup prior to clearing the boat to continue with her fishing activities.
“The pirates are being brought to India for further legal action in accordance with the Maritime Anti-Piracy Act of 2022,” the Indian Navy spokesperson said.
ABOUT THE OPERATION:
Based on the inputs on a potential piracy incident onboard Iranian Fishing Vessel late evening on March 28, two Indian Naval ships, mission deployed in the Arabian Sea for maritime security operations were diverted to intercept the hijacked fishing vessel.
The FV at the time of the incident was approximately 90 Nm south-west of Socotra and was reported to have been boarded by nine armed pirates.
“INS Sumedha intercepted ‘FV Al Kamar’ during the early hours of Friday and was subsequently joined by the guided missile frigate INS Trishul,” the Indian Navy informed.
After more than 12 hours of intense coercive tactical measures as per the SOPs, the pirates on board the hijacked FV were forced to surrender.
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