Star Cruise holiday becomes tragedy for Indian couple

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 14 (PTI) A dream 'Star Cruise'
holiday turned into a tragedy for an Indian couple after they
accidentally fell from the deck into the sea, off a Malaysian
island coast leaving the husband missing.

The 49-year-old Indian national is missing while his
wife was rescued. The incident happened 15 nautical miles
south of Pulau Kendi in the southwestern tip of Penang island.

The missing man was identified as Noojady Shetty while
his wife 47-year-old Kasturi Nithyanda Shetty has been
admitted to a private hospital. Both of them reportedly fell
about 20m into the sea Monday, local media reports said
Tuesday.

No further details about the couple was available.
Star Cruise is a very popular ship among tourists
especially from India and the Asean region.

Rescue efforts by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement
Agency and Marine Operations Force were still going on.

The state Fire and Rescue Department and Marine
Department are also helping in the rescue work, an official
said adding that they were trying to determine how the couple
fell from the ship, which was from Singapore. PTI