Updated On: 06 April, 2025 04:27 PM IST | Central Arabian Sea | mid-day online correspondent
On Friday morning, INS Trikand intercepted a distress call from an Iranian dhow. Upon 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

The medical team of INS Trikand performed suturing and splinting on the fingers of the crew. Pic/Defence PRO
The Indian Navy's Mission deployed stealth frigate INS Trikand, operating in the Central Arabian Sea, for providing urgent critical medical assistance to a Pakistani crew of a fishing vessel operating approximately 350 nautical miles east of the Oman coast. The crew had suffered severe injury, including multiple fractures and blood loss.
On Friday morning, 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.