🔻 The Indian Navy rescued an Iranian fishing vessel and its crew from pirates at sea The Indian Navy has announced that its commandos rescued an Iranian fishing vessel that was armedly hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, along with its 20 crew members.

According to a report by the European Union’s Maritime Security Centre in the Indian Ocean, the vessel, named “Azini,” was hijacked last week off the coast of Somalia.

In a statement, the Indian Navy said there were concerns that pirates might use the vessel as a “mother ship” to carry out further attacks on commercial ships. The statement added that a warship and a maritime reconnaissance aircraft tracked and monitored the vessel, and then naval commandos parachuted onto it to carry out the rescue operation.