Udaipur: In a video going viral on social media, a woman from Udaipur has appealed to the government for help in securing the release of her husband who is currently trapped in a ship at a port in Cyprus.
Shweta Singh Rathore said that, along with her husband Sanjeev Singh, the lives of a total of 10 Indian and three foreign nationals are currently in danger. She has also written a letter to the Indian Embassy regarding this.
She said that she has not been contact her husband since Friday evening and her calls on WhatsApp are gouing answered. According to Shweta, due to lack of food, her husband's health has started deteriorating. Even drinking water is not available to the crew members. She said that she has nit received any support from the authorities at the site.
Shweta said that her husband Sanjeev Singh, who is the second officer on the ship, is working in MB Marine Company.
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This situation has arisen out of a dispute regarding the sale of the ship, MV Marine. The employees got entangled in this dispute between two companies and are stranded at the Cyprus port. The crew members of the ship have also not received their salaries for three months.
These people, trapped for almost a month, have not got any help from the Cyprus Ports Authority. In such a situation, only immediate intervention of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs can help. The crew members of the ship also contacted the Government of India but got no response. They are now under pressure from the company to go to Libya. But there is already a government advisory warning Indian citizens not to go to Libya.
According to information received from sources, The MV Marine ship is now owned by a new company of Libya. Earlier its name was SC Astrea and it was a Norwegian ship. Threats are being received from the Libyan company. Sanjeev Singh is the second officer in the ship, while Vijay Swamy is the chief officer and Alexander Biko is the captain. For the last 36 hours, Shweta has been praying for her husband's safe return. Sanjeev Singh sent some photos and videos to his family Friday, in which he has requested the government to save them.
Those on board the ship are Sanjeev Singh from Udaipur, Rajasthan, Vijay Shekharan from Tamil Nadu, Sunil from Maharashtra, Avdesh and Prateek Gaur from Uttar Pradesh, Chandan Kumar and Rishabhraj from Bihar, Yogesh from Haryana, Sumesh Sudhakaran and Binu Thomas from Kerala, Mehboob Zahedi from West Bengal, Russian Captain Alexander, Italian Hussam Najar and Ukrainian Klistov.
