03-08-2006, 12:34 AM
<b>Somalian pirates ask for 400,000 USD ransom for Indian ship</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Porbandar (Gujarat), Mar 07: Alleged Somalian pirates have set a ransom of 400,000 US dollars to release Indian cargo ship `Bhaktisagar` and its 21-man crew.
The cargo ship, which left here early last month, was scheduled to reach Mogadishu in Somalia by February third week, but nothing was heard from it since then till its owner Udaybhai Natwarbhai Bhabha received an e-mail message from Somalia asking for the ransom money......................<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The cargo ship, which left here early last month, was scheduled to reach Mogadishu in Somalia by February third week, but nothing was heard from it since then till its owner Udaybhai Natwarbhai Bhabha received an e-mail message from Somalia asking for the ransom money......................<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->