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Hijacked vessel reaches Mumbai

MUMBAI, JUNE 13. The Italian cargo ship, mv Medstar, carrying 20 crew members and 14 stowaways, which moved from the high seas off the Gujarat coast on Saturday, reached here tonight.

A Coast Guard spokespersonsaid, ``Till this moment, there does not seem to be any transgression of Indian laws by the ship. The ship's master has informed the Coast Guard that the 14 persons on board were not hijackers but stowaways.''

- PTI

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