20 January,2022 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
(From left) MCPO Second Class Surinder Kumar, MCPO Second Class A K Singh, MCPO First Class Krishan Kumar
Mumbai police registered an accidental death case in connection with the explosion on-board the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ranvir at the Naval dockyard the day before in which three Navy personnel were killed and 11 injured, a police officer said on Wednesday.
Three separate ADRs (Accidental Death Reports) have been registered at the Colaba police station in south Mumbai, he said. The deceased trio is identified as Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO) First Class Krishan Kumar, MCPO Second Class Surinder Kumar and MCPO Second Class A K Singh.
A Board of Inquiry has been instituted to investigate the cause of the incident, the Navy had said. The postmortem of three bodies was conducted at state-run JJ Hospital, the police officer said.
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Eleven
No. of people who were injured in the explosion on the naval ship
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