MUSCAT (Lord Media): The body of an Indian marine engineer, who went missing after a commercial vessel was attacked near the coast of Oman, has been recovered. The Indian maritime workers’ union has expressed condolences to the bereaved family.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old Hiramb Karmarkar, hailing from Pune, India, was serving as a marine engineer on the Cyprus-flagged commercial vessel GFS Galaxy.<\/p>\n
Hiramb Karmarkar went missing on Sunday following an attack on the vessel near the Omani coast, prompting rescue operations to locate him.<\/p>\n
Manoj Yadav from the Forward Seamen’s Union of India stated that on Tuesday evening, the operating company informed that the Omani Coast Guard had recovered Hiramb Karmarkar’s body.<\/p>\n
The complete nature of the attack, the responsible parties, and further details of the incident remain unclear, but relevant authorities are investigating.<\/p>\n
Rising tensions around the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz have heightened security concerns for commercial vessels, drawing concern from the global maritime industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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