India, March 22 -- Russian oil tanker, Aqua Titan, arrived at the New Mangalore Port on Sunday morning after it reversed course in the South China Sea and ditched its travel to Beijing.

According to the ship tracker, Marine Traffic, the Cameroon-flagged vessel arrived at the port around 11:30am. This comes just four days after reports said the Russian oil-laden tanker, originally bound for China, made an abrupt turnaround in Southeast Asian waters in mid-March and began heading to India.

However, at the time, ministry of external affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, denied answers regarding the tanker and said he would provide updates after collecting information on the same.

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