Two Indians on board hijacked Singapore ship

New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) Two Indians are on board the
Singaporean ship which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the
Gulf of Aden on Thursday, official sources said here Sunday.

Indian High Commissioner in Singapore T C A Raghavan
is in close touch with the Singapore Government as well as the
shipping company over the issue, the sources said.

They said that two Indians are among the crew members
of the ship MV Kota Wajar, which was hijacked on Thursday.

The shipping company is also touch with the Singapore
government and efforts are being made to secure the release of
the ship along with the people on board, the sources said.

Earlier, confusion prevailed over whether there was
any Indian on board the ship with media reports suggesting
that there were four Indians in the carrier.

The ship was seized by the pirates on October 15 in
the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometers north of the Seychelles
island.

Abdulgani Y Serang, General Secretary, National Union
of Seafarers of India, said in Mumbai that the crew members of
the vessel were from countries like Sri Lanka, Indonesia and
Pakistan.

Dipika Pathania, wife of Raghuveer Singh, one of the
Indians on board the ship, said the company informed that the
crew is safe but did not say when they will be freed. (MORE)
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