New Delhi, April 7 -- Indian Navy's stealth frigate INS Trikand altered its course to reach a fishing vessel in the Central Arabian Sea and provided urgent medical assistance to a critically injured Pakistani crew member onboard it, off the coast of Oman, officials said on Sunday. INS Trikand on Friday morning intercepted a distress call from an Iranian dhow Al Omeedi, a Navy spokesperson said.
Upon further investigation, it was found that a crew member of the dhow had sustained "severe injuries to his fingers while working on the engine" and was in critical condition, and that he had been transferred to another dhow named FV Abdul Rehman Hanzia, which was en route to Iran, the officials said.
The person had suffered severe injuries invol...