New Delhi, Apr 6 (UNI) Indian Navy's stealth frigate INS Trikand, operating in the Central Arabian Sea, provided urgent critical medical assistance to a Pakistani crew of a fishing vessel operating around 350 nautical miles east of the Oman coast.
The crew had suffered severe injuries, involving multiple fractures and blood loss, an Indian Navy statement said on Sunday.
On Friday morning, INS Trikand, intercepted a distress call from an Iranian dhow Al Omeedi. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that a crew member of the dhow had sustained severe injuries to his fingers while working on the engine and was in critical condition and that he had been transferred to another dhow named FV Abdul Rehman Hanzia, which was en route to Iran.