00:26Indian sailors are once again in the line of
00:29fire. And this time, the fire is literal. A commercial tanker carrying Indian crew
00:36members has come under attack off the coast of Oman. The vessel, M.T. Jalvir, was
00:42hit near Sheenas port, and reports confirm a fire broke out in the engine
00:47room and the funnel area. Rescue operations are currently underway. Details on
00:53casualties, the exact number of Indian crew members on board, and the nature of
00:58the attack are still emerging as we speak. The Indian embassy in Muscat has
01:03issued a statement confirming it is closely monitoring the situation and
01:08coordinating with local Omani authorities. But the truth is, New Delhi should not
01:13have to be monitoring another attack, because this is not the first. It is not
01:18even the second. This is the third attack on a vessel carrying Indian sailors in
01:24less than a week.
01:25I don't believe why the vessel got attacked. They can detain the ship. After
01:30sending their people, they can detain the ship and they can evacuate. They can ask all the
01:34sailors to leave the ship and they can take the ship under their own custody. They are
01:42doing that. They have already taken some vessel from Sri Lankan coast under their control and
01:48anchored near Malaysia. Why not they are doing in the conflict zone? Why they are targeting with
01:52the missiles? It is not a joke. Ultimately, people are losing their lives.
01:57Let that sink in. Just days ago, on or around June 8th, the tanker M.T. Meravex was struck,
02:05not by an unknown aggressor, but by a U.S. precision munition fired from an American F-18 Super Hornet.
02:13The U.S. Central Command said the vessel violated a naval blockade by attempting to sail toward an
02:20Iranian port and ignored warnings. There were 24 Indian crew members on board. Thankfully, all 24 were
02:28rescued by Omani forces and airlifted to safety. But the next day, India's luck ran out. Another tanker,
02:36M.T. Setabello, also Palau flagged, also carrying Indian sailors, also hit in similar circumstances.
02:45Twenty-one crew members were rescued. Three were not. Aditya Sharma, Sivanan Charasiya, Patnala Suresh.
02:54Three Indian sailors, dead. Not soldiers, not combatants, civilian seafarers doing their jobs in
03:03international waters who never signed up to be casualties of a war between Washington and Tehran.
03:10India's response was swift. New Delhi summoned a U.S. diplomat in a formal protest over the loss
03:17of civilian lives, a rare and pointed diplomatic signal from a country that has carefully tried to
03:23stay neutral in the U.S.-Iran standoff. And now, before the ink on that protest is even dry,
03:30M.T. Jalvir is on fire. This is happening in the Gulf of Oman, one of the most critical choke
03:37points
03:38for global oil shipments, right next to the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage through which nearly
03:43a fifth of the world's oil flows every single day. This is not just an Indian problem. This is a
03:50global
03:51one. But for India specifically, the question tonight is painfully urgent. Three sailors are already dead.
03:58A fourth vessel is now under attack, and Indian seafarers, who make up a massive share of the global
04:05maritime workforce, are sailing directly into an undeclared war zone every time they enter these waters.
04:13New Delhi summoned a diplomat, but will that be enough? Because right now, in the Gulf of Oman, Indian lives
04:20are
04:20being lost. Indian ships are burning, and the war that Washington and Tehran are fighting is being paid for
04:28in Indian blood.
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