List of Duty Personnel Inside Ins Sindhurakshak at the time of Incident

Navy divers have entered INS Sindhurakshak late evening 14 Aug and efforts continue round the clock to ascertain the status of the 18 trapped personnel who were inside the submarine at the time of the incident.

Trapped personnel have not yet been sighted or recovered. The diving efforts are hampered by poor visibility inside submarine (which is filled with water), extremely restricted spaces and displacement of most equipment from their original location. The heat of the explosion has melted parts of the internal hull deforming the submarine hatches and preventing access to compartments.

Heavy duty pumps are being used to pump out the water from the submarine. There has been large scale ingress of sea water into the submarine due to the explosion.

Diving and salvage operations are continuing round the clock.


List of Duty Personnel Inside Ins Sindhurakshak at the time of Incident

S No.   Name of Officers                  Rank

01        NIKHILESH PAL                  LTCDR
02.       ALOK KUMAR                     LTCDR
03.       R VENKITARAJ                   LTCDR

S No.   Name of Sailors                  Rank

04.       SANJEEV KUMAR                 PO UW I
05.       KC UPADHYAY                    PO UW I
06.       TIMOTHY SINHA                  PO UW I
07.       KEWAL SINGH                     LS UC I
08.       SUNIL KUMAR                    SEA I UW III
09.       DASARI PRASAD                  MECH(R) 2
10.       LIJU LAWRENCE                  LEMP
11.       RAJESH TOOTIKA                 LME
12.       AMIT K SINGH                     STD I
13.       ATUL SHARMA                    SEA I
14.       VIKAS E                                SEA I
15.       NARUTTAM DEURI               ME I
16.       MALAY HALDAR                   EMR II
17.       VISHNU V                              RO II
18.       SEETARAM BADAPALLI        LS RP I