bdnews24
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Chittagong, – Some sailors of the Bangladeshi ship hijacked by Somali pirates have fallen sick, according to the family of a crewmember. Afroza Kalam, wife of electrical engineer Sahabu Alam, 40, told bdnews24.com on Thursday that her husband had been suffering from high blood pressure.
"Some other sailors are also ill," Afroza quoted Sahabu as telling her over phone.
Afroza said she had talked to her husband for 10 minutes at 11am on Monday over mobile phone, belonging to a Somali pirate.
The pirates hijacked 'MV Jahan Moni', having 25 Bangladeshis crew and the wife of a crewmember on board, in the Arabian Sea on Dec 5 last year and took to Somali coast. The ship was on its way to Greece from Indonesia through the Suez Canal.
Afroza said: "My husband has urged all to save the kidnapped crew and said that they had no medical facilities in the ship."
There is also food and drinking water crisis, she said.
No senior official of Brave Royal Shipping Management Ltd, which owns the ship, agreed to comment on the matter.
Father of two sons and a daughter, Sahabu is one of the sailors of MV Jahan Moni.
Source: bdnews24