14 Indian sailors aboard detained vessel released

Mumbai, Apr 14 (PTI) Fourteen Indian sailors aboard a
vessel which was detained in Somalia since October last year
have been released.

"M V Jaikur-I, with the crew of 14 Indians, which had
been detained in Mogadishu since October 2008 due to a
commercial dispute between owners and other interested
parties, has been released," a statement from the Director
General of Shipping said here Tuesday.

The crew comprising 14 Indians, three Pakistanis,
two Somalians, one Iraqi and one Filipino have been released,
it said.

As per the information received from the Indian Embassy
in Nairobi, all the Indian crew members were in good
health, the statement said. PTI