Somali pirate hostages in India in a week

June 14, 2011 15:00

India today welcomed the release of six of its sailors held captive by Somali pirates on board a hijacked merchant vessel.

"We are happy they have been released and the ship is now moving out," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.

He, however, parried a question about the role of Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney in securing the release of the 22 crew members, saying, "Let us not get into a speculative analysis on who is behind it and who is provoking it". Somali pirates had released the crew members after ransom was paid to them, Burney had said yesterday.

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