GORAKHPUR, June 12 -- Shivanand Chaurasia, 38, from Deoria district's Surauli village in eastern Uttar Pradesh was among the three Indian seafarers confirmed dead on Thursday after a US military strike on the Palau-flagged commercial vessel MT Settebello off the Oman coast on Wednesday. All three were initially reported missing. There were 24 Indian crew onboard and 21 were rescued.

According to family members, Shivanand, who set out nine months ago in search of a better future, was the household's main breadwinner and supported the family through his overseas employment.

Police and local officials reached his residence in Surauli village on Thursday afternoon to complete the legal formalities even as news of his death plunged his famil...