India, April 6 -- The mortal remains of seaman Dixit Solanki, 33, who died in a suspected missile or drone attack on oil tanker MT MKD Vyom in the Gulf of Oman on March 1, were brought to Mumbai early Sunday.

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, carrying gasoline, was struck about five nautical miles off the Muscat coast on March 1, amid escalating tensions in West Asia. The vessel, which departed Europe on February 8, was en route to Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia when an explosion occurred in its engine room following the attack.

Police said handover formalities were completed swiftly. "The process took barely 10 minutes, after which the family left with the body," an officer said.

Originally from Ghogla in Diu, Solanki lived with his fa...