Mumbai: Shyam Yenpure, Aniket’s father Shyam Yenpure, who is among the five Indian sailors stranded in Iran after they were cheated on behalf of work abroad, had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs who asked to bring his son back to India , Speaking to Ani, Shyam said, “In 2019, we contacted an agent who promised an aniket work on the ship.
We spent a large amount of this work and he was then recruited as a sailor there.
He went to Iran to work in the Merchant Navy in 2019.
Year Then, the consignment of heroin recovered from his ship and Iranian authorities grabbed the ship and imprisoned them.
“” My child with four other colleagues, who was innocent, spent more than 400 days in prison.
They felt innocent, they were released by a local court order.
We didn’t realize all of this we were released when they were released from prison, “said Aniket’s father.
Shyam further said that Aniket called him and told him about his condition a few months ago.
Aniket said his passport with the Iranian government and without it he could not come to India, Shyam said.
“I spent all my money for his education.
After the death of my wife, I have sold all the gold ornaments to bring it back.
My financial condition is very bad; I sent milk to the door.
Therefore I wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs and had Ask them to make efforts and bring my child back to India, “he added.
Five Indian sailors stranded in Iran have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help them return to India and act against agents who deceive them on behalf of employment abroad, notify the Indian world forum on Monday.
National India stranded was Aniket Sham Yenpure (29), Mandar Millind Worikar (26), both of Maharashtra; Naveen Singh (26) from Uttarakhand, Pranav Kumar (22) from Bihar, and Thamizhselvan Rengasamy (30) from Tamil Nadu.
In a video message, the sailors said that they were arrested from the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian authorities on February 21 last year allegedly for drug smuggling.
“We have been in prison nearly 400 days in case of fraud.
Although released on March 9, Iranian authorities did not provide our passports and documents.
We faced difficulties,” said one of the men in video messages.
“We are in very bad conditions here.
These agents cheat us and send us.
I asked the Indian government to act against them so that no one else would suffer what we suffered here,” they added.
The following men said that the captain of the ship had testified before the court and investigators repeatedly that he had masterminded the plot to smuggle narcotics and five Indian sailors did not have a role in it.
The seafarers, including their families, have made a request repeatedly to the authorities concerned to provide the right assistance.
However, their appeal has not been examined and considered in detail.
On March 8, 2021, the local court in Chabahar had found them innocent, and ordered their direct liberation.
The sailors have also been threatened with terrible consequences by agents of recruitment services and their placement including their partners to file complaints against them with competent authority, the next statement said.