Saturday , November 23 2024

Brave Indian Navy rescues 23 Pakistani crew, frees Iranian ship from pirates

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Indian Navy: Ships have been under attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden for the past several days, while the Indian Navy responded to the pirate attacks on Friday. The Indian Navy rescued the group of Pakistani nationals within a few hours. With this, the pirates aboard the Iranian fishing vessel 'AI Kanbar 786' surrendered.

Iranian ship saved from pirates

Indian Navy has once again taken major action against pirates and saved an Iranian ship from pirates. The ship was an Iranian fishing vessel, along with which the Indian Navy also rescued 23 Pakistani crew. In its statement on the operation, the Indian Navy said that in this operation which will last for more than 12 hours, our expert team will inspect the area, so that the area becomes safe again for fishing and other normal activities. The ship was captured by pirates on Thursday itself, after which the Navy launched an operation to rescue them.

Indian Navy responded forcefully and took action

According to information received in this regard, the crew of 23 Pakistani nationals was rescued after hours of intensive action as part of an Indian Navy operation in response to the pirate attack near the Gulf of Aden. With this, the pirates aboard the Iranian fishing vessel 'AI Kanbar 786' surrendered. The Navy received information that on the evening of March 28, pirates attacked the Iranian fishing vessel 'AI Kambar 786'. As soon as such information was received, two ships deployed for maritime security operations in the Arabian Sea took surprising action to save the Iranian ship. At the time of the incident, the ship was about 90 nm southwest of Socotra and was carrying nine armed pirates, the navy said in a statement.