Somali pirates posing as minors were adults:Medical report

To rescue themselves from possible sentence, 6 Somali pirates had claimed that they were minors. However medical examination revealed that they were adults.

During the trial in court, 6 out of 14 pirates held at Una coast of Gujarat claimed to be minors. According to rulebook they were sent to Junagadh’s child observation home, while the rest were kept in the central jail.

The magistrate of the court however ordered the medical checkup of these ‘minors’.

In a latest development, the medical report revealed that all the 6 pirates claiming to be minors were actually adults, after which they were shifted to Junagadh’s central jail along with their accomplices.

A group of Somali pirates was caught at Nandan seacoast near Una by police. They are being interrogated via an interpreter. When their remand ended, 6 out of 14 pirates claimed to be minors.