<p>"Somali pirates released the hijacked vessel 'Al Khalil' having 22 Indians and two Burmese on Tuesday," National Union of Seafarers of India's General Secretary, Abdulgani Y Serang, told PTI on Wednesday.<br /><br />A ransom payment is understood to have been made by the vessel operator.<br />The cargo vessel was seized last October on the west of Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean.<br /><br />Piracy is rife in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden off the war-torn east African nation of Somalia despite patrolling by naval fleets of several countries.</p>
<p>"Somali pirates released the hijacked vessel 'Al Khalil' having 22 Indians and two Burmese on Tuesday," National Union of Seafarers of India's General Secretary, Abdulgani Y Serang, told PTI on Wednesday.<br /><br />A ransom payment is understood to have been made by the vessel operator.<br />The cargo vessel was seized last October on the west of Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean.<br /><br />Piracy is rife in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden off the war-torn east African nation of Somalia despite patrolling by naval fleets of several countries.</p>