'Dreams shattered': Kin of sailor mourn in Bihar
BETTIAH, July 15 -- The Indian seafarer who died in attacks on two commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday was 31-year-old Rohan Kumar from Bihar's Gopalganj district, confirmed district magistrate (DM) Sameer Saurabh on Tuesday.
"An official has especially been sent to the deceased's family to initiate the paperwork to repatriate the body," said the DM, while declining to specify the vessels on which victim Rohan was working when the incident occurred. The sailor was killed and 10 other Indian nationals were injured, two of them seriously, in missiles attacks on two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. Rohan's family members said they learned about the incident after a senior official from the company with which he was attached with called him around 5am on Tuesday and informed about the tragedy. Manish Kumar, the deceased's eldest brother, said Rohan was the youngest sibling among three brothers. "My brother came under attack while working Al Bahyah. He had stayed with us for a few months during a vacation and returned to his job on June 8, promising to rejoin the family after completing this contract of voyage in four months," he said. htc...
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