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Youth working in Malaysian firm drowns, family cries foul

Lucknow: A 22-year-old city youth, who had joined a shipping company as oiler in January, was found dead on Sibu port in Malaysia on July 22.

The deceased Saurabh Pandey, a resident of Anandnagar, had joined CW shipping company on January 11 and was posted at Sibu port.

Saurabh’s mother said on Wednesday, “I had a WhatsApp video call with him on July 19.

His eyes were swollen and he had bruises. When I asked, he said his glasses had broken. On July 20, we received a call from Malaysian police informing that he had drowned.”

“I contacted his friends on the ship but they refused to speak and were shifted to another port. I want a enquiry,” she said.

The youth’s father Harishanker Pandey, a high court lawyer, has stopped eating.

“We contacted the Indian high commission in Malaysia. They said the body will be dispatched after post-mortem. We contacted ministry of external affairs, district administration and police but got no response,” he said.

District administration denied receiving any complaint. Sources in the high commission in Malaysia told TOI the body would be flown to India on August 13.

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