On Friday the navy’s maritime commandos (MARCOs) had rescued the 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, on board a merchant vessel after its attempted hijack in the Arabian Sea off the Somalian coast by six to eight armed pirates
India News: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the Indian Navy and its commandos for their courageous operation against pirates who had hijacked a Liberia-flagged.
The navy deployed a warship, maritime patrol aircraft P-81, and long-range Predator MQ9B drones to carry out the operation, a day after the Liberian-flagged MV Lila Norfolk was hijacked by suspected armed pirates off Somalia’s coast in the Arabian Sea