Online Desk:  Indian Navy’s Mission deployed warship and an LRMP responded to a piracy attack on MV  Abdullah, a Bangladeshi-flagged vessel, whilst en route from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates.

On receipt of intimation, the LRMP was immediately deployed and, after ascertaining the location of the MV on the evening of March 12 (Tuesday), attempted to establish communication to learn the status of the ship’s crew members.

However, no response was received from the ship, according to Indian Navy.

The Mission deployed warship on Maritime Security Operations, which had also been diverted, intercepted the hijacked MV on the morning of March 14 (Thursday).

The safety of the MV’s crew (all Bangladesh nationals) held hostage by the armed pirates was ascertained, and the warship continued to remain in close vicinity of the MV till its arrival in the territorial waters of Somalia.

MV Abdullah, which got hijacked by pirates last week while carrying coal from Mozambique’s Maputo port to Al Hamriyah Port in the UAE, anchored at Hobyo port in Somalia on Thursday, according to the Director General of the Department of Shipping, Commodore Mohammad Maksud Alam.

It reportedly was moved some 50 nautical miles from its Thursday anchoring spot on Friday.