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Navy officer in Israel for training stuck in Tel Aviv hotel
Bolpur: An officer of the Indian Navy, who is in Israel for training, is now stranded in the war-torn country. While Aritra Sinha is at a hotel in Tel Aviv, his family members are worried about his return.
A resident of Mallarpur village in Birbhum, Sinha was scheduled to take a return flight to India last Friday. But the missile attacks by Iran forced Israel to close its airspace.
Joy Sankar Sinha, Aritra's father, said, "My son went to Israel to receive some training on May 3, when everything was normal. He was scheduled to return on Friday, but the flight by which he would return was cancelled. My son is now in a hotel in Tel Aviv.
We are in constant contact with him over the phone."
"Most hotels there are equipped with bunkers. When sirens go off, they enter the bunkers. But the American embassy was attacked, and that is very unnerving. Several attacks on Tel Aviv have been reported," his father said.
Aritra joined the Navy in 2022 and is now posted at Vizag. He is an alumnus of Purulia Sainik School and his father runs a private security agency. "Since the very beginning of my business I came into contact with many defence personnel.
Then I thought that my son should join the Indian force as well," Joy Sankar said.
Aritra's mother Anima said, "My son has been a daredevil from childhood. Whenever we talk to him over the phone, he says that he is safe. He does not want to divulge much about what is happening there. He advised us not to watch television. But with him there, how can we stop worrying about him? We appeal to our govt to make arrangements for a speedy return of all Indians now stranded in Israel."
