{"id":275852,"date":"2011-02-10T16:45:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T16:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51812"},"modified":"2011-02-10T16:45:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T16:45:05","slug":"somali-pirates-handed-over-to-indian-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/10\/somali-pirates-handed-over-to-indian-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali pirates handed over to Indian police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">A group of 28 suspected  Somali pirates captured in the Indian Ocean on Sunday have been handed  over to police in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay).<\/p>\n<p>They were apprehended aboard a Thai fishing trawler by the  Indian navy and coastguard. Twenty-four fishermen held since last April  were also rescued.<br \/>\nThe pirates are due to appear in court in Mumbai.<br \/>\nPiracy in the Indian Ocean has been on the increase as pirates seek to avoid naval patrols elsewhere.<br \/>\nThe men were shown to media aboard an Indian coastguard vessel with their hands and feet bound and cloths covering their faces.<br \/>\nThis is thought to be among the largest group of pirates to be captured.<br \/>\nThe pirates had demanded a ransom of $9m (\u00a36m) for the  release of the 24 fishermen after they hijacked the Thai trawler last  April.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-south-asia-12414734#story_continues_2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The level of force used by pirates&#8230; has shown an exponential increase, as well as it is more brutal and lethal\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>End Quote \tGen SPS Basra \tIndian Coast Guard<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"story_continues_2\">Indian officials said that the fishing vessel was being used  as a &#8220;mothership&#8221; to launch other attacks in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander of the Indian Coast Guard, Inspector General SPS Basra,  warned that the attacks by pirates off the Indian coast have become  increasingly more violent.<br \/>\n&#8220;In the recent times, Somali pirates have mounted attacks within 250 to 300 nautical miles off the coast of India.<br \/>\n&#8220;The level of force used by pirates over that period has  shown an exponential increase, as well as it is more brutal and lethal.&#8221;<br \/>\nOfficials recovered AK-47 assault rifles and various other weapons from the vessels.<br \/>\nInspector General Basra also said the surveillance of the  Indian Ocean would have to be stepped up as naval patrols in busy  shipping lanes off the Horn of Africa had led pirates further afield.<br \/>\nIn January 2010, 15 suspected pirates were captured near the  Lakshadweep Islands off the coast of the state of Kerala. 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