Kasaragod, February 12: Shaik Fadil, 24, a native of Chettumkundu here, is one among the crew of an Italian oil tanker which has been hijacked by Somalian pirates form Indian Ocean.
Fadil has been working in the oil tanker Savina Caylyn since three years. He reportedly left for his working place three months ago. His father Shaik Kamaludeen was also working in another ship of the same company for several years.
The Italian taker Savina Caylyn from Bashyer in Sudan was on its way to Pasir Gudang in Malaysia carrying crude oil when it was hijacked in the early hours of Tuesday, around 500 nautical miles from the sea coast in the Indian Ocean.
The agents of the shipping company informed Fadil's family that he is also on board the hijacked ship. A total of 22 people including 17 Indians are on board the ill fated tanker.
His distressed mother Shahina and siblings Parvez and Shamida are expecting his release by the pirates.
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