Two Egyptian Seafarers Dead after Head Injuries

The captain and an electrician of an Egyptian ship, Wadi Sudr, have been found dead under mysterious circumstances at India’s Dahej port.

The bodies of Hany Abdelmaksoud Mahmoud, 39, and Captain Vagdi Mohamed Ahmed Ali, 40, were found onboard the vessel on Thursday night. They were pronounced dead on arrival by the local hospital.

The Times of India reports the local police spokesman as saying, "Wadi Sudr, which had loaded coal from Indonesia, reached Adani Port in Dahej on Tuesday. The electrician had gone into the cofferdam area located between the two hutches of the ship, but did not return. The captain went there to look for him and he too failed to return."

Both men had head injuries, and a criminal investigation is under way.