Visakhapatnam, June 11 -- The family of Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh, one of the three Indian seafarers killed in the military strike on the commercial vessel MT Settebello off the coast of Oman, has made an emotional appeal to the Indian government to expedite the return of his mortal remains.

Suresh's wife, Bhargavi, recounted the harrowing ordeal of receiving the news of her husband's death. According to Bhargavi, she was initially informed that three crew members were missing, a group that included her husband.

"I requested them to do the necessary things regarding the transportation of his body," Bhargavi told ANI. "I just requested them to do the favour as early as possible. He was a victim, suffering alone on the ship with no he...