India arrests 16 Somali pirates

FE Team | Published: March 29, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 28: The Indian navy has arrested 16 Somali pirates and freed the same number of crewmen after a battle with a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea, a spokesman said Monday. A navy vessel and a coast guard patrol boat on Saturday intercepted an Iranian fishing boat that had been seized by pirates near the Lakshadweep islands off India's west coast. -AFP.