Updated On: 16 May, 2025 10:07 AM IST | Uttara Kannada | ANI
The captain of the ship was also an Indian. Police Inspector Nischal Kumar had instructed that Pakistani and Syrian nationals should not disembark from the ship due to the deteriorating relations between Pakistan and India

As per the Police instructions, their mobile phones were seized by the captain. Representational File pic
A Pakistani citizen who arrived at Karnataka`s Karwar Port aboard the cargo vessel MT R Ocean was denied entry into India by port authorities, said the Indian Coast Guard.
The ship, which was carrying bitumen from Iraq, docked on May 12 with 14 Indian crew members, two Syrians, and one Pakistani national on board.