India has vowed to trace down, “even from the depths of the seas,” those that attacked the Service provider Navy vessel MV Chem Pluto within the Pink Sea, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh assuring strict motion towards these behind the assaults.
The response by the Defence Minister got here shortly after the Indian Navy confirmed that MV Chem Pluto was struck by a drone two days in the past.
In his tackle on the occasion of commissioning of stealth guided missile destroyer INS Imphal in Mumbai, Singh mentioned India has intensified patrolling of the seas after the latest assaults on service provider navy ships.
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“The Indian government has taken the drone attack on MV Chem Pluto and attack on MV Sai Baba in the Red Sea seriously. We will find those who executed the recent attacks on merchant navy ships even from the depths of the seas and take strict action against them,” the minister mentioned.
भारतीय नौसेना ने समंदर की निगरानी बढ़ा दी है।जिन्होंने भी इस हमले को अंजाम दिया है, उन्हें हम सागरतल से भी ढूँढ निकालेंगे और उनके ख़िलाफ़ कठोर कारवाई की जायेगी: रक्षा मंत्री श्री @rajnathsingh
— रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) December 26, 2023
On Saturday, MV Chem Pluto with 21 Indian crew members, was struck by a drone about 217 nautical miles from Porbandar following which each the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard deployed quite a few property to supply help to the ship.
The assault was one among a number of drone and missile strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who’ve been focusing on the essential Pink Sea delivery lane for the reason that starting of the Israel-Hamas battle on 7 October.
A Gabon-flagged industrial crude oil tanker with 25 Indian crew members reportedly got here beneath a drone assault within the Southern Pink Sea. Indian officers later clarified that the industrial oil tanker was not an Indian-flagged vessel.
In the meantime, Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar mentioned 4 destroyers have been deployed to counter piracy and drone assaults on service provider ships.
Kumar additional mentioned P-8I plane, Dorniers, Sea Guardians, helicopters and Coast Guard ships – all have been deployed collectively to counter the threats of piracy and drone assaults.
Houthis have been finishing up a slew of drone and missile assaults in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the place Israeli forces have been preventing the Hamas terrorists.
With inputs from businesses