Two seafarers from India who were left stranded without their passports on a cargo vessel in Bushehr in Iran from 2019 have been released post the Indian Embassy’s move to issue travel documents to the duo, it emerged on Friday.
The claim made by the Maritime Union of India (MUI) could not be substantiated independently. The MUI financed the duo’s flight tickets back to India, it said in a statement.
The union gave a clear outline of the seafarer’s plight. Ashish Sakpal and Arham Shaikh had...