New Delhi, June 3 (UNI) Nine Indian sailors who were taken into captivity by a local militia near the coast of Libya in January this year have been released.
On February 15, the Embassy of India in Tunis was approached by a group of nine Indian nationals conveying that Merchant Vessel M.T. Maya 1, on which they were working, had broken down near the coast of Libya and they had been taken into captivity a local militia.
The Ship, owned by a Greek company and carrying the flag of Cameroon, was sailing from Malta to Tripoli carrying oil products.