After India’s government and politicians ignored pleas for help, the Ansar Burney trust arranged for ransom for all those kidnapped by Somali pirates. But the ordeal began anew after their release.
Spending ten months – 371 days to be exact – in captivity under the rule of Somali pirates must have been a terrible ordeal. Of course, the Egyptian owner of Panama-flagged MV Suez, Abdul Majeed Matar, contributed US$ 1 million to the ransom, but the Somalis threatened to kill the other sailors if no ransom could be paid for them. According to reports, the pirates had originally demanded for $20 millions.
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