Document error delays seafarer's body arrival from Oman
Madurai : Almost a week after seafarer Nishanth Uirthanathan ’s body was brought ashore in Oman and shifted to a hospital, his family is still waiting for the mortal remains to reach India. The repatriation was delayed after documents wrongly recorded him as Hindu instead of Christian.
Nishanth, 35, from Thoothukudi , died aboard MT Celestial while serving as second officer on the vessel. His body was later brought ashore in Oman and shifted to a hospital, after being preserved onboard using cold-water bottles.
Loyola Antony, uncle of Nishanth’s wife Saropin, said an Indian Embassy official in Oman contacted the family on June 18 and said the mortal remains could reach Thiruvananthapuram airport by Thursday evening. “The embassy even shared flight details with us, but the transport was cancelled after errors were found in the documents,” Antony said. He said the death certificate and passport cancellation papers were among the documents shared with the family. The autopsy report also did not clearly mention the cause of death, Antony said. “It only says clot in the brain, but we still don’t know what happened to him onboard,” he said.
Nishanth, 35, from Thoothukudi , died aboard MT Celestial while serving as second officer on the vessel. His body was later brought ashore in Oman and shifted to a hospital, after being preserved onboard using cold-water bottles.
Loyola Antony, uncle of Nishanth’s wife Saropin, said an Indian Embassy official in Oman contacted the family on June 18 and said the mortal remains could reach Thiruvananthapuram airport by Thursday evening. “The embassy even shared flight details with us, but the transport was cancelled after errors were found in the documents,” Antony said. He said the death certificate and passport cancellation papers were among the documents shared with the family. The autopsy report also did not clearly mention the cause of death, Antony said. “It only says clot in the brain, but we still don’t know what happened to him onboard,” he said.
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