: policeKochi: Interrogation of the 19 foreigners, apprehended on board a dhow by a naval warship off Bitra Island, started on Sunday with the police claiming that 15 of them were Pakistani nationals. There were also four Iranians in the dhowwhich was intercepted by warship INS Rajput on Friday when they were sailing suspiciously, police said.
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The crew were being questioned by a joint team of Navy, Coast Guard, Intelligence Bureau and police in Lakshadweep,top police sources in the Union Territory told PTI.Confirming the presence of the Pakistani nationals, the sources said the men had identity cards displaying their nationalities. INS Rajput, a destroyer warship, was on patrol in the Exclusive Economic Zone west of Bitra when it spotted the dhow.The dhow with the 19 foreigners was escorted to Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep Islands and handed over to local police late on Saturday night, they said.
The Navy's operation came just four days after India deployed a multi-ship force in the Arabian Sea — which has been witnessing a spurt in piracy in the recent weeks — to ward off the sea brigands operating there. — PTI
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