New Delhi, April 7 -- Indian warship Trikand provided urgent medical assistance to a Pakistani fisherman, who had injured his hand severely on board an Iranian vessel in the central Arabian Sea, the navy said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on April 4 when the fishing vessel was around 350 nautical miles east of the Oman coast.
INS Trikand intercepted a distress call from the Iranian boat Al Omeedi and found that the fisherman had sustained severe injuries to his fingers while working on the engine and was in critical condition, and he had been transferred to another boat Abdul Rehman Hanzia, which was heading to Iran.
"INS Trikand immediately altered course to provide medical assistance to the injured crew member. The crew of FV Abdul ...