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An Indian woman reportedly died after jumping off a cruise ship on Monday as it was traveling from Penang, a northern island state of Peninsular Malaysia, via the Singapore Strait.
The woman's son sought the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for assistance in finding his mother after the incident.
Apoorv Sahani, the woman's son, also claimed that the employees of the cruise liner had been careless. Reeta Sahani has been named as the deceased.
"My mother was traveling on a Royal Caribbean cruise (spectrum of the seas) from Singapore," he posted on Twitter. Since this morning, she has vanished from the ship. Although the cruise personnel claims she jumped, they have not shown us any footage and are staying away from @DrSJaishankar.
According to reports, Apoorv Sahani is a businessman with a presence in Melbourne, Australia.
A passenger who fell overboard from the passenger ship Spectrum of the Seas, which is registered in Cyprus, was reported to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) at 7:50 am on Monday, according to a news release from Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority. While the ship was traveling to Singapore, the event happened in the Singapore Strait.
1/2 My mother was travelling in Royal Carrribean cruise (spectrum of the seas) from Singapore. She has gone missing from the ship since this morning. Cruise staff are saying she jumped, but they have not shown us any footage and are washing their hands off @DrSJaishankar
— Apoorv Sahani (@SahaniApps) July 31, 2023
The relatives of the missing woman are being contacted by the Indian authorities, according to the Indian High Commission in Singapore. The woman and her husband Jakesh Sahani were travelling on Spectrum of the Seas from a Malaysian island back to Singapore.
The Indian High Commission added that it is in contact with Singaporean authorities about the matter and is assisting with legal proceedings.
19 kilometers wide and 113 kilometers long, the Singapore Strait. Singapore is situated on the northern side of the busy shipping lane that connects the Strait of Malacca to the South China Sea.
