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Mr. Martin seems to be full of glee that “India has been flipped!” I thought this should be verified and some context needs to be provided for the sake of clarity. I hope Mr. Martin will review the following.
The owner of these ships is an Indian national living in the UAE. His name is Jugwinder Singh Brar and he’s in the sanctions list from the US and these ships are linked to Iranian shadow fleet vessels. These were boarded and seized by the Indian Coast Guard in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Multiple reports state the three tankers were intercepted about 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai, not in the high seas as Mr. Martin suggests. Nor were they part of the Russian or Venezuelan shadow fleet.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is a separate armed force and a maritime law‑enforcement and search‑and‑rescue agency, established under the Coast Guard Act, 1978. It operates under the Ministry of Defence but is institutionally distinct from the Indian Navy.
The ICG has jurisdiction over India’s territorial waters, contiguous zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone, and it works in close cooperation with the Navy, customs, fisheries, and coastal police on security and enforcement tasks.
In everyday language people (Mr. Martin!) may lump both together as “the navy,” but in organizational and legal terms the Indian Coast Guard is not technically part of the Indian Navy, even though they coordinate closely on maritime security.
Mr. Martin seems to be full of glee that “India has been flipped!” I thought this should be verified and some context needs to be provided for the sake of clarity. I hope Mr. Martin will review the following.
The owner of these ships is an Indian national living in the UAE. His name is Jugwinder Singh Brar and he’s in the sanctions list from the US and these ships are linked to Iranian shadow fleet vessels. These were boarded and seized by the Indian Coast Guard in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Multiple reports state the three tankers were intercepted about 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai, not in the high seas as Mr. Martin suggests. Nor were they part of the Russian or Venezuelan shadow fleet.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is a separate armed force and a maritime law‑enforcement and search‑and‑rescue agency, established under the Coast Guard Act, 1978. It operates under the Ministry of Defence but is institutionally distinct from the Indian Navy.
The ICG has jurisdiction over India’s territorial waters, contiguous zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone, and it works in close cooperation with the Navy, customs, fisheries, and coastal police on security and enforcement tasks.
In everyday language people (Mr. Martin!) may lump both together as “the navy,” but in organizational and legal terms the Indian Coast Guard is not technically part of the Indian Navy, even though they coordinate closely on maritime security.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
That’s a lot of words to ignore the point.
Brevity, in this case, is apparently the soul of the half-wit.
Verbosity appears to be the soul of ignoring the obvious. But you do you.