Two Indian Sailors Killed in Iranian Missile Attack on Oil Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz

Two Indian sailors, Captain Ashish Kumar from Bihar and crew member Dalip Singh from Rajasthan, died after the Palau-flagged oil tanker Skylight was struck by an Iranian missile near Oman's Musandam Peninsula in the Strait of Hormuz on March 1, 2026. The tanker, carrying 15 Indian and 5 Iranian crew members, was attacked amid escalating US-Iran-Israel tensions. Their remains were recovered after a fire broke out. Separately, a Mumbai seafarer died in a missile strike on another tanker in the region. The Strait of Hormuz remains a critical but volatile maritime corridor with disrupted shipping traffic.