BJP MP meets household of Indian sailor detained in Equatorial Guinea, assures assist 

By PTI

KANPUR (UP) BJP MP Satyadev Pachauri on Monday met the relations of an Indian sailor allegedly held hostage by the navy of Equatorial Guinea for 3 months and guaranteed them of all doable assist for his launch.

Pachauri requested 26-year-old service provider navy officer Roshan Arora’s (26) relations to submit their grievance in writing and guaranteed them that he’ll personally meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to work out an answer.

Pachauri additionally informed the household that in case Jaishankar was not instantly out there, he’ll meet one in every of his deputies.

Komal Arora, Roshan Arora’s sister, informed the media that the officer had joined service provider navy firm MT Heroic Idun as a 3rd officer and had reached Nigeria to obtain a consignment of crude oil about three months in the past, however he and the opposite crew members have been detained.

She stated Roshan Arora’s vessel had reached Nigeria on August 8 together with 25 different crew members altogether: 16 Indians, eight Sri Lankans and a Filipino.

“The vessel was intercepted by the Equatorial Guinea naval ship in the international waters on August 12 and escorted to Luba port. The vessel was under that country’s naval escort and the crew members faced the threat of lethal action if their orders were not complied with,” she stated.

MP Pachauri informed PTI over telephone that he had obtained a letter addressed to Jaishankar from Roshan’s employer on Monday, by which the corporate had sought the federal government’s assist in getting all of the Indian crew members launched.

“I have been informed that the vessel was stopped based on a request made by Nigeria,” the MP stated.

The vessel was presupposed to load crude oil in Nigeria’s AKPO terminal on August 8, however in response to the directions on the terminal, the loading operation was delayed and the vessel by no means carried out the cargo operations in that nation, MT Heroic Idun stated within the letter.

On August 8 night, the vessel was approached by an unidentified ship claiming to be Nigerian Navy and requested the Indian service provider navy officers to proceed with them and observe their directions.

The Indian vessel could not establish the native ship there because it was night time, most likely a brand new moon, and its computerized identification programs have been switched off, the letter stated.

Fearing a piracy assault, Arora’s vessel sailed at full pace to make sure security and safety of the vessel and its crew members, however they have been later knowledgeable that the unidentified ship was from the Nigerian Navy.

On August 12, the Equatorial Guinea Naval seized the Indian vessel, it stated.

Fifteen crew members, together with 9 Indians, have been taken ashore on the identical day and detained at Malabo until November 6, whereas 11 crew members who remained on the vessel totally cooperated with the investigations, the letter said.

Despite paying the fantastic on September 28, the crew members and vessel have been nonetheless held in Equatorial Guinea. No info has been supplied to the corporate since then, the letter stated.

KANPUR (UP) BJP MP Satyadev Pachauri on Monday met the relations of an Indian sailor allegedly held hostage by the navy of Equatorial Guinea for 3 months and guaranteed them of all doable assist for his launch.

Pachauri requested 26-year-old service provider navy officer Roshan Arora’s (26) relations to submit their grievance in writing and guaranteed them that he’ll personally meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to work out an answer.

Pachauri additionally informed the household that in case Jaishankar was not instantly out there, he’ll meet one in every of his deputies.

Komal Arora, Roshan Arora’s sister, informed the media that the officer had joined service provider navy firm MT Heroic Idun as a 3rd officer and had reached Nigeria to obtain a consignment of crude oil about three months in the past, however he and the opposite crew members have been detained.

She stated Roshan Arora’s vessel had reached Nigeria on August 8 together with 25 different crew members altogether: 16 Indians, eight Sri Lankans and a Filipino.

“The vessel was intercepted by the Equatorial Guinea naval ship in the international waters on August 12 and escorted to Luba port. The vessel was under that country’s naval escort and the crew members faced the threat of lethal action if their orders were not complied with,” she stated.

MP Pachauri informed PTI over telephone that he had obtained a letter addressed to Jaishankar from Roshan’s employer on Monday, by which the corporate had sought the federal government’s assist in getting all of the Indian crew members launched.

“I have been informed that the vessel was stopped based on a request made by Nigeria,” the MP stated.

The vessel was presupposed to load crude oil in Nigeria’s AKPO terminal on August 8, however in response to the directions on the terminal, the loading operation was delayed and the vessel by no means carried out the cargo operations in that nation, MT Heroic Idun stated within the letter.

On August 8 night, the vessel was approached by an unidentified ship claiming to be Nigerian Navy and requested the Indian service provider navy officers to proceed with them and observe their directions.

The Indian vessel could not establish the native ship there because it was night time, most likely a brand new moon, and its computerized identification programs have been switched off, the letter stated.

Fearing a piracy assault, Arora’s vessel sailed at full pace to make sure security and safety of the vessel and its crew members, however they have been later knowledgeable that the unidentified ship was from the Nigerian Navy.

On August 12, the Equatorial Guinea Naval seized the Indian vessel, it stated.

Fifteen crew members, together with 9 Indians, have been taken ashore on the identical day and detained at Malabo until November 6, whereas 11 crew members who remained on the vessel totally cooperated with the investigations, the letter said.

Despite paying the fantastic on September 28, the crew members and vessel have been nonetheless held in Equatorial Guinea. No info has been supplied to the corporate since then, the letter stated.