NEW DELHI: Without further explanation, the navy announced on Friday ( Jan 5 ) that commandos from the Indian Navy had boarded a Liberian-flagged ship in the Arabian Sea and are currently conducting” sanitization” operations.
Less than a day after the army learned that the MV Lila Norfolk had been abducted off Somalia’s beach in the North Arabian Sea, an Indian Navy ship intercepted it on Friday evening.
The ship was hijacked close to Somalia’s coastline, and at least 15 American crew members were on table. The navy learned about it on Thursday night, according to American news agency ANI, which has a minority stake in Reuters.
The army added that a naval aviation overflew the stolen vessel on Friday and had established call with it. The ship INS Chennai was diverted and deployed to help the vehicle.
Following a recent string of attacks in the area, the Indian army has increased its security of the Arabian Sea.
It claimed earlier this week that it had looked into numerous hunting boats and boarded interesting arteries in the area.
After a six-year pause, the kidnapping of corporate boats and attempts by suspected thieves near the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea parts resumed in December. This, according to experts, is because US naval forces have focused on the Red Sea to prevent Houthi problems.
At least three hijackings were reported in December according to statistics from the Indian Navy’s Data Fusion Centre- American Ocean Region. The past instance of this kind was documented in 2017.
The sudden increase in fleet kidnapping and problems can only be attributed to pirates ‘ commitment to exploit the fact that anti-piracy sea forces have mainly shifted their attention from the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, according to Abhijit Singh, mind of the Maritime Policy Initiative at the Think Tank for Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
The army claimed earlier this week that it had looked into numerous fishing boats and boarded interesting vessels in the North and Central Arabian Sea.
In the whole Indian Ocean place, India serves as a shield security provider. Regarding the increased security in the area, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated last month that” we will see to it that sea commerce in this region rises from the water to the levels of the sky.”
India is certainly a member of the US-led Red Sea work force.