 On 16 November, she was in contact with the Navy NHQ and Commander Khan charted the coordinates that reported that she was off Bombay.On 19 November, she was off to Sri Lanka and entered in Bay of Bengal on 20 November 1971.Around this time, the Top Secret files were opened as instructed and the hunt for "Vikrant" began on 23 November and "Ghazi" was off to Madras where reportedly the Indian aircraft carrier was stationed but she was 10 days late and "Vikrant" was now actually somewhere near the Andaman Islands.