Bodies of three sailors found in Sindhurakshak wreckage 2 days after blast

Aug 16, 2013

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Mumbai: Indian navy divers found the bodies of three of 18 sailors who were inside a submarine when some of its weapons detonated, setting off a fire, a navy spokesman said on Friday.
There has been no sign of life from the Russian-built INS Sindhurakshak since it sank on Tuesday night following two big explosions in what was the biggest loss for the navy in four decades.
Dead Visakhapatnam sailor was to go home
"It is confirmed that we have found two bodies," a navy spokesman said earlier before the divers finding the third body. He also added that more details would be known a little later.
Navy on Thursday had released the names of the 18 personnel - officers and sailors - feared trapped inside the submarine.
A Navy press note said the three officers are: Lt Commander Nikhilesh Pal, Lt Commander Alok Kumar and Lt Commander R. Venkatraj. The sailors are identified as: Sanjeev Kumar, K.C. Upadhyay, Timothy Sinha, Keval Singh, Sunil Kumar, Dasari Prasad, Liju Lawrence, Rajesh Tootika, Amit Singh, Atul Sharma, Vikas, Naruttam Deuri, Malay Haldar, Vishnu V., Sitaram Badapalle.

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