The Times of India

Mumbai engineer killed in tanker attack near Iraq; family says he was forced to join vessel just before war

Tragedy struck as Indian seafarer Deonandan Prasad Singh lost his life during an assault on the oil tanker MT Safesea Vishnu near the treacherous Khor Al Zubair Port in Iraq. Reports suggest that Singh's family claims he was compelled to return to the ship merely days prior to the fatal incident, despite being assigned a shore-based position.