” I need help. Urgent Basis…” Five days ago, 20-year-old Merchant Navy cadet Dhananjay Arora sent this message to his sister, Riya, on WhatsApp and Instagram before he went missing from his ship near Mauritius. The cadet was last spotted on the ship, MT New Horizon, which carried crude oil, around 5 pm on September 13 by crew members. The ship was en route from N’Goma FPSO, Angola to Ningbo, China. Dhananjay`s family has been trying to contact several national and international agencies, but hasn`t received information about him. The shipping company has since confirmed that Dhananjay is missing and that a search operation was called off after four days. Riya, a DU student, has...
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