New Delhi- The Indian Navy on Friday rescued a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel and its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals, after greater than 12 hours of “intense coercive tactical measures” as a part of an anti-piracy operation at sea, officers mentioned.
Indian naval specialist groups are presently enterprise thorough sanitisation and seaworthiness checks of the fishing vessel to be able to escort her to a secure space for resuming regular fishing actions, in response to an official assertion shared by the Navy’s spokesperson.
The Indian Navy late night on Friday had mentioned that it was engaged in an operation to rescue the hijacked fishing vessel, which had reportedly been boarded by 9 armed pirates, and its crew at sea.
The hijacked vessel was intercepted on Thursday, the Navy mentioned.
“INS Sumedha intercepted FV ‘Al Kambar’ throughout early hours of Friday and was joined subsequently by the guided missile frigate INS Trishul,” it mentioned.
“After greater than 12 hours of intense coercive tactical measures as per the SOPs, the pirates on board the hijacked fishing vessel have been pressured to give up. The crew, comprising 23 Pakistani nationals, have been safely rescued,” the Indian Navy added.
The fishing vessel on the time of incident was roughly 90 nm southwest of Socotra and was “reported to have been boarded by 9 armed pirates,” it mentioned.
The Indian Navy mentioned it stays dedicated to making sure maritime safety within the area and security of seafarers, “no matter the nationalities”.
Socotra Archipelago is within the northwest Indian Ocean close to the Gulf of Aden.
The Indian Navy will take “affirmative motion” to make sure a safer and safer Indian Ocean Area, its chief Admiral R Hari Kumar had mentioned on March 23 whereas citing the anti-piracy and different maritime safety operations undertaken by the naval power within the previous 100 days beneath ‘Op Sankalp’.
As a part of maritime safety operations, the Navy has undertaken anti-piracy, anti-missiles and anti-drones operations; 110 lives — 45 Indians and 65 overseas nationals — have been saved throughout ‘Op Sankalp’ in that 100-day interval, in response to a PPT presentation that was given by a Navy officer earlier than the press convention of the Navy chief in March 23.
It was additionally talked about within the presentation that from November final 12 months until March, “greater than 90 maritime incidents have occurred”, together with 57 drone or missile assaults or sightings; and 39 incidents that embody piracy, hijacking, or suspicious approaches.
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