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Merchant navy officer from Jammu missing from his tanker in Australia


Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, May 31: A merchant navy officer from Jammu and Kashmir has gone missing from his tanker vessel since May 27, three days after leaving an Australian port for Singapore, his family said Tuesday.
Bikram Singh, 30, second officer in the Japanese merchant navy company M.T. Yayoi Express Product Tanker, left Fremantle port in Australia May 24 for Singapore.

"Captain V.K. Jha from the company's office in Mumbai called us on the morning of May 27 and told us that Bikram was missing," Bikram Singh's younger brother Paramjit Singhwho lives in Ramgarh.

Bikram Singh, who hails from a village near Jammu, was on ship carrying oil and chemicals. "We were told that the ship had just covered about 280 km from Fremantle port and was still in Australian waters when it was found that Bikram was not traceable.

"The company said the Australian Coast Guards made frantic searches for over 50 hours, but they could not find anything," a worried Paramjit Singh said.

He said the company told him that the ship was taken back to the port, where the Australian police conducted a thorough search, but "no clue was found". Bikram Singh has been a merchant navy officer for over 10 years. He was with this company on a second contract of six months.

Paramjit Singh said that according to the company, his brother was on duty till the midnight of May 26. "Then he went to his cabin and drank a cold drink, after which he went up to the bridge and had a chat with an officer. Thereafter, he headed to his cabin," he said.

Interestingly, Bikram Singh has been a merchant navy officer for over 10 years. He was with this company on a second contract of six months. Official sources said that according to the company, Singh was on duty till the midnight of May 26.

"Then he went to his cabin and drank a cold drink, after which he went up to the bridge and had a chat with an officer. Thereafter, he headed to his cabin," they said

They disclosed that the Indian man was to report to duty at 8 a.m. the next day. "It is not possible to fall from the ship as at night the doors leading to the railings and deck are locked and one needs special permission from the captain to go out in case of emergency," said one of his colleague.

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