Pirates hijacked fishing boat and Indian Navy rescued it that had 23 Pak nationals

 Again, Indian Navy has rescued a fishing boat hijacked by the pirates, demonstrating its humanitarian commitment. It intensely fought the pirates for about 12 hours and achieved the result of rescuing the crew and the seized dhow.

This incident comes just two days after the Maritime Security Center for the Horn of Africa reiterated its warning for the waters around Socotra.

On Wednesday,27 Mar, they warned that they still believed four pirate action groups were active in the region 

“The possibility of attacks in the Gulf of Aden cannot be dismissed,” they wrote in the March 27 warning. “Although there have been no piracy-related incidents in the past seven days, ATALANTA continues to assess the threat as Moderate (where an attack is a realistic possibility) off the Somali coasts

actions, they report they were able to convince the pirates to surrender. Indian Navy specialist teams are presently undertaking thorough “sanitization and seaworthiness checks” of the fishing vessel. They plan to escort the boat to a safe area so that it can resume its normal fishing activities.

. In the first 100 days of its latest mission, the Indian Navy reports it has responded to 18 incidents and has played a pivotal role as the “First Responder” for critical situations in the Indian Ocean.