The ATS received the input that the three departed on the pretext of fishing on the intervening night of April 22-23 and were due to be back on April 27-28 to the Gujarat coast
India News: NEW DELHI: A joint team of Gujarat anti-terror squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in coordination with the Indian Coast Guard, has se.
The government has taken the recent drone attack on a ship in the Arabian Sea very seriously, and, whoever carried out the strike will be tracked down and dealt with, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Mumbai on Tuesday. India-Bound Merchant Vessel Attacked by Drone: Those Behind Attack on India Cargo Vessel Will Be Found and Dealt With, Says Rajnath Singh at Commissioning of INS Imphal.
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced increased vigilance following the suspected drone attack on a merchant vessel off the Porbandar coast. Singh emphasized that those responsible for the attacks on MV Chem Pluto in the Arabian Sea and MV Saibaba in the Red Sea would be found and punished. The Indian Navy has heightened surveillance in the high seas to prevent such incidents and protect commercial shipping.
Officials said that Indian warships are already present in the area and are conducting searches on nearby vessels, while the stricken MV Chem Pluto is being escorted to Mumbai by a coast guard vessel. Indian naval surveillance aircraft have also been deployed to keep a lookout for suspicious vessels in the area.