Written by: Express News Service
1 min readMumbaiSep 11, 2013 03:28 AM IST
First published on: Sep 11, 2013 at 03:28 AM IST
The Navy Sunday recovered the 12th body from the wreckage of INS Sindhurakshak that was destroyed in a fire last month. The body was sent to JJ Hospital for a postmortem. Two more bodies were recovered earlier this week.
Meanwhile,nine bodies have been identified by the Kalina Forensic Sciences Laboratory FSL and handed over to families. Eighteen personnel were on board the submarine on August 14 when it caught fire that was followed by two explosions. The Navy said teams of rescue divers were continuing their search for the six remaining personnel.
JJ Hospital confirmed that three bodies were sent by the Navy on Sunday. These bodies bear similar burns as the others did. They have been sent to the FSL for DNA profiling, said Dr T P Lahane,Dean,JJ Hospital.
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