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Navy investigating merchant ship attack
Mint Mumbai
|December 25, 2023
The Indian Navy has launched an investigation into a suspected drone strike on a Mangalorebound cargo vessel off India's west coast in the Arabian sea even as the merchant ship is on its way to Mumbai, officials familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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The Navy and the Indian Coast Guard swung into action by deploying their assets including a warship and maritime patrol aircraft on Saturday soon after the UK Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, reported the drone "attack" on the MV Chem Pluto that has around 20 Indian crew members.
There was no report of any casualty in the incident. The Liberian-flagged vessel is now on its way to Mumbai and Indian Coast Guard ship ICGS Vikram is providing security to it, the officials said.
The Navy has launched an investigation into the incident including into the origin of the strike, said an official on the condition of anonymity as the matter is sensitive in nature.
This story is from the December 25, 2023 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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