The Indian Embassy in Muscat announced late Saturday that an Indian national had died from medical complications aboard the MT Celestial as the vessel was docked at Oman’s Duqm Port, according to Arab News.
In a social media statement, the embassy said that efforts were underway to ensure the safe and swift repatriation of the deceased’s remains to India.
Government figures show that over 300,000 Indian seafarers serving aboard international shipping fleets. Over 18,000 of them are employed across the Middle East, a shipping ministry official said last week.
The Embassy remains in close touch with family members of the Indian national Mr. Nishanth Uirthanathan who unfortunately lost his life due to medical conditions, crew members of the vessel and concerned authorities. Efforts are underway to facilitate the earliest possible…
— India in Oman (Embassy of India, Muscat) (@Indemb_Muscat) June 14, 2026
The incident comes days after three Indian seafarers were killed in a U.S. strike on a tanker off the coast of Oman, triggering widespread criticism and sharp responses from opposition parties.
Therefore, opposition leaders are pressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring up the issue with U.S. President Donald Trump during meetings on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit later this week.
On Friday, New Delhi took the unusual step of filing a second protest with the United States, over a strike carried out more than three months into the US-Israeli war on Iran.
India’s Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires, expressing “deep concern” over what it described as the use of lethal force against civilian shipping.
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