The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned the Iranian ambassador to India to lodge a formal protest after two Indian-flagged tankers were fired at by Iranian forces near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Indian Navy is trying to ascertain details of the incident, as there is no Indian Navy ship in the Straits of Hormuz.
Two large Indian crude oil tankers carrying a few million barrels of Iraqi oil were on Saturday fired upon by the Iranian Navy north of Oman.
Indian officials are trying to ascertain what may have prompted the attack.
The MEA joint secretary for the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran desk met with the Iranian envoy, Dr Mohammad Fathali, and conveyed India’s deep concern at the shooting incident.
