Indian Navy's INS Trishul thwarts pirate attack on bulk carrier in Gulf of Aden; AK-47, other weapons recovered

New Delhi: The Navy’s stealth frigate INS Trishul on Friday foiled a piracy attempt against an Indian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden. The piracy attempt was made on the Indian ship MV Jag Amar at 12.30 pm and the INS Trishul, which was on an anti-piracy deployment in the region, responded immediately, Navy spokesperson Captain DK Sharma said. [caption id=“attachment_3505103” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational Image. PTI[/caption] He said all 26 Indian crew onboard the Indian ship were safe. The Navy’s elite Marcos commandos carried out a swift operation to rescue the 85,000-tonne bulk carrier. Captain Sharma said an AK-47, one magazine with 27 rounds, grapnels, ropes, fuel drums and ladders were recovered during the operation. Twelve pirates on a skiff made the piracy attempt on the Indian ship. The Indian Navy has been actively engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping route near the southern tip of the Red Sea between Somalia and Yemen. In April, the India and Chinese navies had rescued a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden after it was hijacked by Somali pirates. In May, INS Sharda, deployed for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, rescued a Liberian merchant vessel Lord Mountbatten from a pirate attack. With inputs from PTI and IANS