Jammu youth among 4 missing sailors at Visakhapatnam

Parents worried about wellbeing of son

PS BALI

Jammu, Nov 12: A Jammu youth is among the four missing sailors of Indian navy, who are missing after a Torpedo Recovery Vessel of Indian Navy sunk off the Visakhapatnam coast on November 6, during a naval exercise, leaving one dead and four others missing.

The family members of a navy sailor, Gurjeet Singh (25) are worried here at Bhour Camp Satwari, as they have received no information about their son, since the mishap.

Talking to Greater Kashmir, brother of missing sailor, Ramandeep Singh said that they have talked to Singh last time on November 5 and since then they have no information about his whereabouts.

He said, “We are in continuous contact with the high command of the Navy at Visakhapatnam, but no have received no information about the wellbeing of Gurjeet,” he added that the officers at the coast maintained that they are not equipped with proper machinery to trace the missing sailors.

He said that one of the Navy lieutenants, Dr Dhanvant also visited them personally at their home in Jammu to console them.

Ramandeep further shared that the officials at Vishakapatnam also told him that a board of inquiry headed by a captain has been constituted to investigate the circumstances leading to the accident and to decide further course of action to rescue missing sailors from the sunken vessel.

“While the Chief of Navy is claiming to have expedited search operations, the officials at Vishakapatnam coast are claiming that they do not posses required equipments,” he said and added that Navy is planning to hire same from private firms.