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Settlement ‘unlikely’, families of Indian sailors held in Nigeria for ‘oil theft’ seek early trial
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Settlement ‘unlikely’, families of Indian sailors held in Nigeria for ‘oil theft’ seek early trial

On the night time of two November, Manoj Kumar Arora wakened to a name at his domestic in Govind Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. It become his 26-year-vintage son, Roshan, at the line. “I take into account him announcing, ‘Papa, please take a seat down with Ma so she will pay attention this as well. The group and I had been arrested in Nigeria.  Since August this year, sixteen Indian sailors aboard oil tanker MT Heroic Idun had been in detention, first in Equatorial Guinea and now in Nigeria, for alleged oil robbery, amongst different charges. They stay at the deliver till the subsequent case listening to on 10-eleven January in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. On Monday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar raised the problem withinside the Lok Sabha, announcing the group have been charged on 3 counts, a...