Somali pirates on the loose - Hijack, freedom, another attempt at hijacking

[IndianTiger]

already posted,

 

[dee]

Madhu Sharma has all praise for Ansaar Burney and Pakistan who have helped in release of her husband Narottam Kumar Sharma and 21 others, who were held hostage by Somali pirates. “I am very thankful to Pakistan and Ansaar Burney who showed extra-ordinary behaviour in release of all hostages,”said M
adhu Sharma.
These 22 hostages were released Somali pirates after Burney paid ransom of $ 2.1 million (Approximate Rs 11 crore).

But at the same time, Madhu, who is a house wife, is very angry over the attitude of Indian government who haven’t played any kind of role in the release of these hostages.

A resident of Bari Brahmna in Samba district of Jammu region, 15 kms from here, Madhu Sharma, while talking to Hindustan Times said, “The only ray of hope for release of my husband was from Mr. Burney, who assured us during our meeting in New Delhi that he will put his all efforts to release the 22 people held hostage by Somali pirates.”

“But Indian government didn’t offered any support and not a single penny was spent by the government for release of my husband and other five Indian nationals.

NK Sharma 39, third engineer in MV Suze cargo ship of Egypt, along five other Indian nationals, four Pakistani nationals, 11 Egyptians and one Sri Lankan national were held hostage by Somali pirates more than ten months back.

Since then the family of NK Sharma approached scores of ministers in New Delhi and also visited Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for help but they came back empty handed.

“Omar Abdullah sent us back after saying that state government has no role to play in this and it is the job of central government,” said Madhu, adding, “If I ever meet CM, I will ask him wasn’t this responsibility of state government to take us to central government.”

She also questioned the role of New Delhi. “The central government never seemed interested in paying heed to our request.”

Meanwhile, the family members of NK Sharma are happy after getting the news of his release.

“I talked to him (NK Sharma) on Monday and he was very happy. The trauma of confining to the ship for more than ten months was evident from his talk which will take him quite some time to come out of this,” said Madhu.

She informed that it will take another 10-15 days to NK Sharma to come back to his home.

“Once he reaches here, I will not allow him to go back. We have gone through very difficult phase and these more than ten months were like hell. We will start some sort of business here because we can’t bear such trauma any more,” Madhu added.


Woman thanks Pak, Burney for husband's release from Somali pirates - Hindustan Times

 

[acetophenol]

New Delhi: For families of the six Indian sailors on board the MV Suez, an anxious 10-month wait is over and celebrations have begun.

On Monday, Somali pirates released 22 crew members, including six Indians and four Pakistanis, of the hijacked merchant vessel after ransom was paid to them. The pirates had taken the crew members, including eleven Egyptians and a Sri Lankan, hostage after capturing the vessel MV Suez last year and demanded $ 2.1 million for their release. The ship belongs to an Egyptian company.

Leading Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney, who negotiated with the pirates and raised money through donations, said all the sailors would reach their homes in a few days as arrangements are being made for their repatriation.

Families of the Indian sailors have thanked Burney for his efforts. "We met almost all ministers of the government, but for over two months, we didn't hear anything about their release. Ansar Burney helped us," said Madhu Sharma, wife of Jammu's NK Sharma who was amongst the sailors held hostage.

The families allege that they have no information from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or the Indian Navy so far, a complaint borne out by NDTV's own experience. No one answered the MEA helpline and the Navy number was wrong

The Indian Navy says it has been continuously coordinating with international forces to ensure security of MV Suez, and the ship is being provided necessary security cover. Navy sources told NDTV that the security cover was not in the form of an Indian naval ship, but there should be no apprehension about MV Suez's safety. A Navy officer, Commodore Madhavan who spoke to NDTV briefly, said, "The ship's security is the owner's responsibility and we are doing everything we can."


Read more at: Families of Indian sailors thank Ansar Burney, unhappy with Indian Govt

 

[DV RULES]

Good work is done by Ansar Burney.

 

[Safriz]

when there is innocent human life at risk.There is no indian or Pakistani.

 

[BRICS]

 

[mirage 5000]

we are humans first then indian pakistani .its not a big deal when its comes on life.but the owner of ship was bloody Egyptian which never pay because of he get insurance

 

[Saifullah Sani]

KARACHI: An Egyptian ship released by the Somali pirates after receiving ransom was feared to be hijacked again.

The MV Suez, laden with a cargo of cement, was sailing toward Eritrea under a Panamanian flag when it was hijacked August 2 by dozens of Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden last year.

The released ship while traveling in the pirates infested waters was reportedly chased by some boats of armed pirates again, Pakistani captain of the MV Suez, Captain Wasi informed ARY News while traveling to the safe waters.
Pirate boats chase the released ship ,6/15/2011 1:32:51 PM

 

[Saifullah Sani]

KARACHI: An Egyptian ship released by the Somali pirates after receiving ransom was feared to be hijacked again.

The MV Suez, laden with a cargo of cement, was sailing toward Eritrea under a Panamanian flag when it was hijacked August 2 by dozens of Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden last year.

The released ship while traveling in the pirates infested waters was reportedly chased by some boats of armed pirates again, Pakistani captain of the MV Suez, Captain Wasi informed ARY News while traveling to the safe waters.
Pirate boats chase the released ship ,6/15/2011 1:33:02 PM

 

[Saifullah Sani]

and Indian navy says nothing happened

 

[Areesh]

What the f*ck. Hijacked again??? What is this cr@p yaar???

 

[Archie]

and Indian navy says nothing happened

whats with the unnecessary trolling
Indian Navy cannot be present everywhere
They are also only responsible for defending Indian Flagged vessels

 

[Saifullah Sani]

whats with the unnecessary trolling
Indian Navy cannot be present everywhere
They are also only responsible for defending Indian Flagged vessels

dear Indian navy says that no pirate attack on ship but captain and Indian officer of ship confirmed pirates attack

 

[Saifullah Sani]

and hear what Indian government says

 

[Saifullah Sani]

Pakistan Navy has send PNS BABAR to escort the ship back home safely