Dhaka, March 16 -- The Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah set sail for the United Arab Emirates from Mozambique's Maputo port, carrying coal along the Indian Ocean. On Mar 12, about 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast, pirates hijacked the ship.

The incident has raised questions about the ship's security systems and why it was targeted by pirates despite being far from the typical high-risk zone.

Ships usually travel through the Indian Ocean, considered a safer route, to avoid Somali pirate attacks. The area within 70 to 100 nautical miles of the Somali coast is marked as a high-risk area.

Yet, the MV Abdullah's course was well beyond this zone, making the attack unusual as Somali pirates rarely target the route.

Maritime experts emph...