Dharamshala, Jan. 11 -- A youth from Palampur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh is among the three Indians who were part of the crew aboard a Russian-flagged oil tanker seized by the United States. The family of 26-year-old Rikshit Chauhan, who lives in ward number 7 in Palampur, said they last spoke to him on January 7 when the oil tanker Marinera was seized in the North Atlantic after the US forces tracked it from the Caribbean Sea. The US authorities stated that they seized the tanker due to its alleged links to Venezuela. According to a report of Russia Today, the vessel was chartered by a private trader and was named Bella 1. Its crew consisted of 28 people, including six citizens of Georgia, 17 of Ukraine, three of India and two Russians. His father Ranjit Singh, a government employee, said, "We last spoke to him on January 7 at around 4 pm. After that, we have not been able to contact him. He told us not to worry and said there might be some connectivity issues, possibly because he knew the tanker would be seized. No government authority has contacted us so far, and we have no information about our son." "He has been in the merchant navy for the last three years and has been working for a Russian company for the past two years," he said, adding that the family wants him back. The family has also brought the matter to the notice of local MLA Ashish Butail. "The state government has already taken up this with the ministry of external affairs," Butail said....