Indian Sailors Detained

Indian sailors who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria for nine months finally returned home on Saturday.

Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday (local time) visited home of Sanu Jose, who is among 16 Indian sailors who were "detained" in Equatorial Guinea.

The family members of 16 Indian sailors, who were detained by the Guinea Navy, have expressed concern about their safety and have appealed to the government for their safe return.

As the families of 16 Indian sailors including three from Kerala, detained in Equatorial Guinea, hoped the Indian government will ensure their speedy release, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday requested PM Modi to intervene.

Sixteen Indian sailors are reportedly in detention in Equatorial Guinea and the Indian mission in the central African country is working closely with the authorities concerned for their release.

As many as 48 civilian Indian sailors have been detained by Iran and Britain in the last three weeks amid rising tensions between Tehran and Western nations after the United States' withdrawal from a nuclear deal with the middle-eastern country last year.

She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.

Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors detained for close to four years in exchange for an undisclosed ransom, Somali officials and a maritime monitoring group said on Friday.

A US-based firm that owns the ship detained off Tamil Nadu coast termed the arrest of its crew as "inappropriate" and said it is working diplomatically and through the judicial system to prove the innocence of 35 sailors to get them released.

Fourteen Indian sailors aboard a vessel, which was detained in Somalia, have been released.

Indian sailors who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria for nine months finally returned home on Saturday.

Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Saturday (local time) visited home of Sanu Jose, who is among 16 Indian sailors who were "detained" in Equatorial Guinea.

The family members of 16 Indian sailors, who were detained by the Guinea Navy, have expressed concern about their safety and have appealed to the government for their safe return.

As the families of 16 Indian sailors including three from Kerala, detained in Equatorial Guinea, hoped the Indian government will ensure their speedy release, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday requested PM Modi to intervene.

Sixteen Indian sailors are reportedly in detention in Equatorial Guinea and the Indian mission in the central African country is working closely with the authorities concerned for their release.

As many as 48 civilian Indian sailors have been detained by Iran and Britain in the last three weeks amid rising tensions between Tehran and Western nations after the United States' withdrawal from a nuclear deal with the middle-eastern country last year.

She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.

Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors detained for close to four years in exchange for an undisclosed ransom, Somali officials and a maritime monitoring group said on Friday.

A US-based firm that owns the ship detained off Tamil Nadu coast termed the arrest of its crew as "inappropriate" and said it is working diplomatically and through the judicial system to prove the innocence of 35 sailors to get them released.

Fourteen Indian sailors aboard a vessel, which was detained in Somalia, have been released.