Current Affairs

News
Freed after 10 months, Indian crew of MV Suez reach Delhi

KARACHI/NEW DELHI: Six Indian sailors, who were among the 22-member crew of an Egyptian cargo vessel held captive by Somali pirates for nearly 10 months, reached Delhi on Friday. The crew of the MV Suez, including 11 Egyptians, four Pakistanis and a Sri Lankan, received an emotional welcome when Pakistani naval ship PNS Zulfiqar carrying them docked at Karachi harbour on Thursday. Suhail Izaz Khan, counsellor from the Indian high commission in Islamabad, received the Indian sailors in Karachi. Sindh province governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad and other senior officials were present at the Karachi port to receive the freed sailors. The Egyptian-owned ship was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year. The pirates released the ship and the crew after a $2.1 million ransom was paid to them by a Pakistani organisation, the Ansar Burney Trust, named after the known human rights activist and former minister. Sarim Burney, an official with the trust and brother of Ansar Burney, told a Pakistani TV channel that no government was involved in the negotiation with pirates to secure the release of hijacked crew and the merchant vessel.

                                                                                                               
Back
Created by SaasVaap Techies pvt ltd