In addition, all the 35 Somali pirates onboard the hijacked merchant vessel surrendered.

The Navy had intercepted the pirate-controlled MV Ruen vessel was hijacked by Somali pirates on December 14, 2023.

INS Kolkata's operations against the pirates lasted for about 40 hours, according to officials.

INS Kolkata had carried out the interception of MV Ruen, almost 2,600 km from the Indian coast and forced the ship to stop, with the help of INS Subhadra, at least one unmanned aerial vehicle, P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, and marine commandos air-dropped by C-17 aircraft.