Mumbai: An Indian Navy warship today successfully intercepted a fleeing merchant ship off Diu coast.
"Naval warship INS Angre fired warning shots ahead of the fleeing merchant ship's bow and stopped it. It is being escorted back to Mumbai," a defence spokesperson told PTI.
The joint operation by Navy and Coast Guard followed a police complaint about the merchant ship fleeing Mumbai port without completing necessary formalities, the spokesperson said.
Initially, efforts to establish contacts with the fleeing ship failed as it had switched off the communication system on board.