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They turned pirates after Somali civil war

The 61 pirates nabbed by the Indian Navy and now in custody of the Yellow Gate police are mostly natives of Puntland region in North-eastern Somalia.

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The 61 pirates nabbed by the Indian Navy and now in custody of the Yellow Gate police are mostly natives of Puntland region in North-eastern Somalia. According to sources, Puntland region is said to be one of the regions where more than 1000 natives have taken up piracy as a way to earn money.

It has come to light that natives of this region took to piracy after the Somali civil war broke out and the only source of income, fishing, suffered a heavy setback due to illegal fishing off Somali coast by foreign vessels and dumping of toxic waste by merchant ships.

According to experts, local warlords took up piracy and employed large number of youngsters who were sent to various areas like Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Red Sea, Arabian Sea region and various areas off the African coast.

It is believed that that there are four such major groups active who call themselves protectors of Somali waters, one of them is named National Volunteer Coast Guard, another, Somali Marines and third is known as Marka. The arrested pirates are suspected to be members of the fourth group known as Puntland group.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Port Zone, Quaiser Khalid said “The interrogation of six pirates, whose custody we had sought, has started. We have got an interpreter from a private agency but getting one from the government would take time. The interpreter is asking questions as told to and there is cooperation from accused.”

Police are going to seek custody of other pirates in batches of six or seven, the six pirates who are in custody presently will be again produced in the court on Tuesday.

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