Indian Crew Member Missing After Falling Overboard Cargo Ship Near Maldives

<p>Male, Sep 23 (PTI) An Indian national has gone missing after falling overboard from a cargo vessel near the Maldives, according to a media report on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday when the crew member of the Indian-flagged vessel MSV Daulah fell into the sea about one kilometre north of Vilimale, news portal sun.mv reported.</p>
<p>The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) said it received information about the incident at around 11:35 pm, and the Coastguard&rsquo;s Second Squadron under the Male&rsquo; Area Command immediately began search efforts.</p>
<p>As of 7:22 am (local time) on Tuesday, about eight hours after the fall, both sea and air operations had failed to locate the missing individual, the report said, quoting MNDF.</p>
<p>The search operation is underway.&nbsp;</p>
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