Indian Seafarer Found Dead In Arabian Sea, Another Missing From Merchant Ship

In an alarming turn of events, a 21-year-old Indian sailor from Maharashtra has gone missing from a merchant ship travelling from Saudi Arabia to India, while in a separate incident, the body of a 23-year-old Merchant Navy employee from Rajasthan was found floating in the Arabian Sea.

Yash Avinash Deore, a resident of Deur village in Maharashtra’s Dhule district, went missing from the MT Athina I, a merchant ship travelling from Oman to Alang, India.

He joined the merchant navy in June 2024 as an Ordinary Seaman (OS) through Swaraj Marines Pvt Ltd, a company based in Thane.

On January 30, his father received a call from the company, informing him that Yash was missing and that a search operation was underway. Concerned about his son’s safety, he immediately reached out to his elder son, Nayan Deore, who works in Pune.

Nayan travelled to Thane to meet with company representatives but was r…

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