KOTTAYAM: A Kayamkulam native, a crew member of bulk carrier ship Eternity C and sailing under the Liberian flag, who went missing in the Red Sea following a missile attack by Houthi rebels contacted his family.
Anilkumar Raveendran, 45, a security officer of the ship, contacted his wife Sreeja Anil over the phone in the early hours of Saturday.
According to Sreeja, her husband said that he was safe and was in the custody of Yemeni govt. He, along with 10 others on the ship, was rescued by a fishing boat. The fishermen handed them over to Yemen coast guard.
Currently, nine people, including Raveendran, are in a hotel in Yemen while two are in hospital.
Sreeja passed on the message to Indian embassy officials and the ship operators. "He should be brought to India at the earliest," she said.
Raveendran, who retired from the Army as naib subedar, joined as a security officer on the ship in Feb 2025. The ship was attacked in the Red Sea while returning from Somalia on July 7. The ship sank in the attack. Two Indians, including Raveendran, were reported to be on the ship.
Sreeja said a Kanyakumari native who escaped had reached home earlier. She suspected that Raveendran was being held captive by the Houthis.
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