On 16 November, she was in contact with the Navy NHQ and Commander Khan charted the coordinates that reported that she was 400 kilometers off Bombay.82 On 19 November, she was off to Sri Lanka and entered in Bay of Bengal on 20 November 1971.82 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.82 Unable to detect her target, Ghazi'''s commanders became disillusioned about their hunt for Vikrant and turned back to Visakhapatnam to start laying mines off the harbour with a confidence that it will take its swipe at Vikrant'' or at least bottle up the Indian Navy's heavy units clustered in this major Indian naval base on the night of 2–3 December 1971."