Click to play videoNew Delhi: It is a breakthrough of sorts. The desperate plea of a kidnapped sailor's wife might have moved the Indian government at last.
The Indian navy has committed a warship to patrol the Gulf of Aden, so as to keep Indian sailors safe from Somalian pirates.
Seema Goyal, the wife of the Stolt Valor’s captain Prabhat Goyal made pleas to the government to rescue her husband and others in his crew. Captain Goyal’s ship had been hijacked off Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, and the crew had been taken hostage.
The government’s step to send a fighter ship to the troubled waters came as a welcome relief to the families of the missing crew.
The ship will have a helicopter and marine commandos. The Indian navy is likely to commit more warships to the region as a part of a long-term action plan.
But so far there is not indication that the Indian navy will be involved in an operation to rescue captain Goyal and his crew on the Stolt Valor.
“The ministry must expedite the situation. I want my husband back, but I also know that he will not come back without his crew members,” said Seema Goyal, the wife of the missing captain.
But for some families, there was a good news as Somalian pirates released 26 crew members of the cargo ship Iran Deyanat, including three Indians.
The released Indians were Akbar Ali Juvale, Jeeva D'souza and Anthony Themudo who had been two months in captivity.
“I'm very happy. Lots of people from our family are in the shipping industry. He will surely go back on a ship," said Mubina, an upbeat family member of Akbar Ali Juvale.
Rescued Jeeva D'souza said, “The pirates harassed us and kept us at gunpoint and scared us. First two days, even phones were not allowed."
The release of these three and the action by India's navy might give some much needed hope to those waiting for the return of the crew on board the Stolt Valor.
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