Mangalore: Ship Employee Vinay Ram Dies in Malaysia, Family Allege Foul Play

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)

Mangalore, Feb 25: The body of Vinay Ram (29) of Mitha Mogeru, Attavar here, was brought to Mangalore on Saturday February 25 from Malaysia, where he was found dead under mysterious circumstances earlier this week.

Vinay had been a resident of Mumbai and was woking as an oiler in with d'Amico Ships Ishima India Pvt Ltd. He had joined the company around eight months back. Prior to that, he had been in the shipping industry for three years.

According to sources, on February 20, he left for Malaysia from Mumbai on work, and the very next day, on February 21, he went missing. On February 22, his body was found in the water near the ship he was working on, with his work uniform intact. The circumstances that led to his death are yet unknown.

On the arrival of the body on Saturday, Vinay's family members, who were overcome by emotion, alleged that Vinay's death was not natural and that he had been murdered.

It is said that Vinay had planned to visit Mangalore on February 7, but due to some reasons, had postponed his visit to March 7 and had even booked his ticket.

Though postmortem has already been done, his family members demanded a second postmortem. Pandeshwar police, however, rejected their plea.

They then contacted police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, who gave his consent and directed the Bajpe police to send the body for postmortem.

Vinay was a bachelor. Investigations into the circumstances surrounding his death are on.