India Navy?s elite Marcos commandos in action to save the 85,000-tonne carrier from pirates 
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Navy foils pirate attack on Indian ship

The Navy’s stealth frigate INS Trishul on Friday foiled a piracy attempt against an Indian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden.

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New Delhi

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 Capt D K Sharma said. 

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. Capt 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.

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