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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Sindhurakshak may have been sabotaged: probe

INS SindhurakshakSabotage is one of the six possible reasons for the sinking of kilo-class submarine INS Sindhurakshak in August 2013, a preliminary report of the board of inquiry (BoI) has held.

According to the report, submitted to the Defence Ministry and accessed by The Hindu, the BoI, chaired by Commodore Deepak Bisht, cited five other probable reasons as well.

In the recent past, there have been two other incidents involving the Navy’s kilo-class submarines. In January 2014, Sindhughosh was about to run aground when it entered the Mumbai harbour, while in February, two naval officers were killed after a fire broke out on Sindhuratna.

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