By foiling yet another piracy attack, the Indian Navy has maintained its dominance in the sea.
The Indian Navy on Friday safely rescued the hijacked Iranian fishing vessel Al-Qambar 786 and its 23-member Pakistani crew in the Arabian Sea.
The pirates were forced to surrender after an operation that lasted more than 2 hours. The officers provided this information.
He said the Navy rescued the “hostage” Iranian fishing vessel and 23 Pakistani nationals serving as its crew after a more than 12-hour operation against pirates.
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.
The Indian Navy said late on Friday that it was engaged in an operation to rescue a hijacked fishing vessel which was reportedly boarded by nine armed pirates and its crew.
The Navy said the ship was detained on Thursday. “INS Sumedha intercepted FV ‘Al Qanmar’ in the early hours of Friday and was later joined by INS Trishul…,” it said.
The fishing vessel was about 90 nautical miles (nm) south west of Socotra at the time of the incident and was “reportedly occupied by armed pirates.”
Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar had last Saturday said the naval force will take ‘positive action’ to make the Indian Ocean a more secure region.
Along with this, he also mentioned the action taken by the Navy against pirates in the last 100 days. Warship INS Kolkata, carrying 35 pirates captured in a recent operation off the Somalia coast, reached Mumbai on Saturday morning.
He said that after being brought here, these pirates were handed over to Mumbai Police. The action was taken under ‘Operation Sankalp’, under which Indian Naval ships have been deployed in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to ensure the safety of sailors and cargo ships passing through the area.