Mumbai-based 32-year-old Chirag Bahri speaks to us as the Regional Director for South Asia, Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP). The conversational tone of Bahri, however, is impeded in its friendly response due to an incident that has scarred him for life. “I was 28 years old then, and had boarded a vessel for OMCI in Vietnam on April 8, 2010. We were carrying Benzene, an extremely hazardous substance that is also cancerous,” informs Bahri. Soon, we realise that the chronology of his narrative doesn’t fit. His angst and mission to fight such crimes against humanity constantly connects his plight to many who are unreported and unknown.

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