Indian Navy commandos get on vessel hijacked in Arabian Sea: officials

Indian naval warship INS Chennai has reached the vessel MV Lila Norfolk that was hijacked off Somalia coast in the Arabian Sea.

Military officials quoted by ANI said that Indian Navy’s elite Marine Commandos have embarked on the vessel and have started the sanitisation operations.

The officials said that the Indian warship has launched its helicopter and issued warning to pirates to abandon the hijacked vessel. They added that Indian crew on board are safe.

"INS Chennai diverted from her Anti Piracy patrol and intercepted the MV at 1515hrs today, on 5th Jan. MV was kept under continuous surveillance using Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Predator MQ9B and integral helos. The Indian Navy Marine Commandos present onboard the Mission Deployed warship boarded the MV and have commenced the Sanitisation," said Indian Navy, as per ANI.