NEW DELHI, Rabi Al-Akhir 09, 1432, March 14, 2011, SPA -- The Indian navy captured 61 pirates who jumped into the Arabian Sea to flee a gunfight and fire on the hijacked ship from which they had staged several attacks, a navy statement said Monday. Two Indian navy ships also rescued 13 crew members from the fishing boat Sunday night, nearly 695 miles (1,100 kilometers) off Kochi in southern India, the statement said. The pirates had hijacked the Mozambique-flagged Vega 5 in December and had used it as a mother ship _ a base from which they staged several attacks in the vast waters between East Africa and India, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 12:07 LOCAL TIME 09:07 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/873436