New Delhi, June 14 -- More than 500 Indian sailors have now spent 107 days stranded in the Strait of Hormuz - a live conflict zone where drones and fighter jets pass overhead daily - with no timeline for their return home. The grim milestone coincides with an alarming new claim from seafarers on the ground: that Indian-crewed vessels are being disproportionately singled out for attack in the Gulf, even as the United States frames its naval operations as broad blockade enforcement targeting all sanctioned shipping.

the deadliest week for Indian seafarers since the Strait of Hormuz crisis began on February 28, 2026. Deck cadet Aditya Sharma, engine fitter Shivanand Chaurasiya, and chief engineer Patnala Suresh were killed when the Palau-fl...