PORT BLAIR: The criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is part of the joint investigation team car rying out investigation with r e - gard to the North Korean ship, Mu San, said that the crew members were hesitant to give any information.
Mu San was detained by the Indian Coast Guard off the Hut Bay in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on August 5 under suspicious conditions.
“We are not getting any cooperation from their side, may be because they are on their ship and we have to go there every time for interrogation,” said a member of the joint investigating team, on the condition of anonymity.
However, Superintendent of Police (CID) in the Andamans Ashok Chand said, “I would say that they are a little hesitant to share information.” The investigating team consisting Army Intelligence, Naval police, Intelligence Bureau and the CID are facing difficulties, as only one crew member of the 39 knew a little English. The joint investigating team has not yet got a Korean interpreter. Moreover, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officials are supposed to join the investigation soon. Reportedly, “We don’t know anything,” is the standard answer of crew for most of the questions asked during the interrogation. The team is now trying to get permission to berth the ship at any of the ports of Port Blair and interrogate the crew on ground. According to sources, the team is also requesting arrest of the crew for interrogation because the investigation was heading nowhere onboard.
However, Chand told Express, “No arrests have been made till now, that would be decided later.”
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