Click to play videoNew Delhi: Four Indian sailors are among 21 crew members on board the MV Kota Wazir that was seized north of Seychelles by Somali hijackers on October 15.
Pacific International Lines that owns the ship has refused to divulge any details about the incident.
When CNN-IBN contacted the family members of the Chief Engineer of the ship they said the company had assured them that all crew members are safe.
However, the incident raises some big questions:
- In September, NATO had reportedly warned of possible attacks by pro-Al Qaeda Somali pirates on Indian vessels and sailors over the next few weeks. Was this intelligence ignored?
- How did the pirates get away when international naval forces including the Indian Navy have stepped up patrolling in the Gulf of Aden?
- And Why is the Government of India not intervening in the matter?
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