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The Hindu
19-07-2025
- The Hindu
Missing Keralite found safe after Houthi attack in Red Sea
The family of Anilkumar Raveendran, a 52-year-old security officer from Pathiyoor in Alappuzha, who went missing after a cargo vessel sank in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on July 7, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Anilkumar contacted his family and informed them that he is currently in a hotel under the control of Yemeni government forces. His family said that he first contacted them in the early hours of Friday and again on Friday evening. He told them that he was initially rescued by a fishing vessel and later handed over to the Yemen Coast Guard. Efforts to bring him back to Kerala are under way with the help of the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia, the family added. The vessel, MV Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged cargo ship, was en route to the Israeli port of Eilat when it came under attack. At the time, the ship had a crew of 25 on board, including nationals from India, the Philippines, Russia and Greece. Four crew members were killed in the attack. Ten others, including another Keralite identified as Augustine of Parasala in Thiruvananthapuram, were rescued.
New Indian Express
18-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Ex-army man missing after Houthi strike on cargo vessel
ALAPPUZHA: A Kayamkulam native posted as security officer has been missing since July 7 after Houthi rebels attacked and sunk the cargo ship he was on in the Red Sea. Anilkumar Raveendran, 52, of Pathiyoor is among the 12 crew members of Liberia-flagged M V Eternity C who are missing since the attack. One other Keralite crew member, Augustine from Parassala in Thiruvananthapuram, was rescued along with six others by the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR). Anilkumar, a retired Indian Army officer, last contacted his family via phone on July 6, a day before the attack and told them the ship was heading towards the Red Sea. The family is now frantically seeking information about his whereabouts. Anilkumar's wife Sreeja, who was officially informed about his disappearance by the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, has reached out to the Union government as well as Alappuzha MP K C Venugopal urging immediate intervention to locate and rescue her husband.
