The plea claimed 50 crew members were stranded inside the vessels since February 9 and the owners had abandoned the ships as well as deserted the crew in the Arabian Sea. (Source: File photo)

The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed concern over the safety of 50 crew members stranded on three vessels in the Arabian Sea and asked authorities to ensure all of them appear before it on Tuesday.

The crew members claimed they were stranded on the vessels intercepted in February by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), even as the owners have “practically abandoned the ships”, which are under arrest by the Yellow Gate police over alleged illegal acts in the Arabian Sea, at a distance of 11 nautical miles from Mumbai .…