Living in a small village in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, the family of Manjit Singh who was working on merchant vessel Gulf Dove in Yemen, is yet to come to terms with his reported death.
His brother refuses to believe that Manjit, 28, who sustained shrapnel injuries in a bomb blast in Aden harbour, will not come back, while his aged parents and his wife have not been told about the tragedy.
“There is no official confirmation about his death from the government of India. But his colleagues informed me over the telephone that he succumbed to his injuries,” the victim’s brother Parveen Kumar, an Indian Army personnel, said over phone. He said he was informed that Manjit Singh was standing on the deck of the ship when he received shrapnel injuries.
Manjit Singh, the youngest of four siblings, belonged to Chamboh village in Bhoranj sub-division, some 25 km from district headquarters Hamirpur. He had been at sea for the past two months. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, one aged three years and the other only two months old.
His father, Captain (retd.) Parkash Chand, was admitted to a local hospital as his blood sugar had risen alarmingly, said the victim’s uncle Vinod Kumar.
His brother refuses to believe that Manjit, 28, who sustained shrapnel injuries in a bomb blast in Aden harbour, will not come back, while his aged parents and his wife have not been told about the tragedy.
“There is no official confirmation about his death from the government of India. But his colleagues informed me over the telephone that he succumbed to his injuries,” the victim’s brother Parveen Kumar, an Indian Army personnel, said over phone. He said he was informed that Manjit Singh was standing on the deck of the ship when he received shrapnel injuries.
Manjit Singh, the youngest of four siblings, belonged to Chamboh village in Bhoranj sub-division, some 25 km from district headquarters Hamirpur. He had been at sea for the past two months. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, one aged three years and the other only two months old.
His father, Captain (retd.) Parkash Chand, was admitted to a local hospital as his blood sugar had risen alarmingly, said the victim’s uncle Vinod Kumar.