The crew members of the ship MV Stolt Valor, hijacked by pirates from Somalian waters, are being ill treated and have been made to live in unhygienic conditions.
MUMBAI: The crew members of the ship MV Stolt Valor, hijacked by pirates from Somalian waters, are being ill treated and have been made to live in unhygienic conditions.
Earlier details and pictures released of the crew being safe are untrue , Forward Seamen's Union of India (FSUI) said in a statement on Friday.
Second officer Ulhas Krishnan of Stolt Valor had called Seema Goyal, wife of the ship's master, from a satelite phone and said the crew was being ill treated and kept under poor conditions, FSUI Secretary Naresh Birwadkar said.
He said they were being made to stay in very unhygienic conditions.
Stolt Valor, with 22 crew members, including 18 Indians, was hijacked from the Gulf of Aden on September 15. It was carrying 23,818 tonnes of oil products. Its last port of call was Suez and the next port was Mumbai.
The crew is confined to a 25-metre space on the ship and there is no space to even breathe, Birwadkar said.
It is believed that Somalian sea pirates have taken control over the ship.
"What they are going through is nothing short of torture... sometimes hijackers are civil to them but most of the other times, the members of the ship MV Stolt Valor, hijacked by pirates from Somalian waters, are being ill treated and have been made to live in unhygienic conditions.
Earlier details and pictures released of the crew being safe are untrue, Forward Seamen's Union of India (FSUI) said in a statement on Friday.
Second officer Ulhas Krishnan of Stolt Valor had called Seema Goyal, wife of the ship's master, from a satelite phone and said the crew was being ill treated and kept under poor conditions, FSUI Secretary Naresh Birwadkar said.
He said they were being made to stay in very unhygienic conditions.
Stolt Valor, with 22 crew members, including 18 Indians, was hijacked from the Gulf of Aden on September 15. It was carrying 23,818 tonnes of oil products. Its last port of call was Suez and the next port was Mumbai.
The crew is confined to a 25-metre space on the ship and there is no space to even breathe, Birwadkar said.
It is believed that Somalian sea pirates have taken control over the ship.
"What they are going through is nothing short of torture... sometimes hijackers are civil to them but most of the other times, they are very rude," he said.
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