Shri Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI(Communist), issued the following statement: “We strongly condemn killing of three Indian sailors following attack of US military on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman. This use of "lethal and deadly force" against Indian shipping by US imperialist army once again shows how US has been violating International maritime law. We demand US imperialist rulers to apologies for this heinous crime. At the same time, we demand immediate stoppage of hostility by the Pentagon rulers in the gulf waters and the Indian government must pay adequate compensation to the bereaved families.”