India has asked for details of the firing incident by a US navy vessel off UAE coast and has directed Indian officials in UAE to look into the matter with utmost urgency. As per reports, an Indian fisherman was killed and three others injured when a security team onboard a US Navy ship fired at their small boat off Dubai yesterday. External affairs ministry spokesperson syed Akbaruddin in New Delhi today said,US ambassador to india Nancy Powel called foreign secretry Ranjan Mathai to express regret. Indian consulate in Dubai has begun probe into the killing.

Meanwhile, US has released a statement on the tragic incident saying that it had issued several warnings to the boat carrying the Indians before firing at them. As per the statement their warning were not heeded.
In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Karaiyur Fishermen Association President Malairajan said the dead fisherman has been identified as Sekar of Periyapattinam in Ramanathapuram district.

The injured are Muniraj, Panpuvan and Murugan who also hail from Ramanathapuram, he said, adding Munira had been admitted to hospital with bullet injuries.
Malairajan said fishermen from Ramanathapuram district were working for Dubai fishing companies on daily wage basis.

Lt Gred Raelson, a spokesman for US Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, said a security team aborad the USNS Rappahannock fired from a .50-calibre machinegun on the boat after it disregarded warnings and raced towards the ship.

The Indian Embassy in Washington got in touch with the Pentagon and the State Department soon after the incident to seek its details.
However, there was no immediate response from the Pentagon or the State Department.