Hyderabad, June 12 -- For the family members of 44-year-old marine engineer Suresh Patnala, who was among three Indian crew members who died in the US military strike on the Palau-flagged commercial vessel MT Settebello off the Oman coast on Wednesday, it was heartbreaking - as they were awaiting his arrival to his home in Visakhapatnam in a week to celebrate his 15th wedding anniversary.

The news about the death of Suresh, who was serving as Chief Engineer onboard the vessel, reached the family at around 1 pm on Thursday afternoon. The local police authorities also confirmed it.

"Though I had received the message about the drone attack on the marine ship yesterday night itself, the confirmation about my husband's death was made at arou...