Panipat’s son martyred in Navy: There was an explosion in the warship INS Ranveer in Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard; 3 soldiers killed, 11 injured

Krishna (file photo).

Three Navy personnel were killed and 11 injured in an explosion on the Indian Navy’s warship INS Ranvir on Tuesday. The accident happened at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. One of the martyred soldiers is Krishna (42), a resident of Sutana village of Matlauda in Panipat district of Haryana. However, the village is also proud of his martyrdom. But as soon as the news of martyrdom reached, mourning spread in the village. At the same time, the big thing is that most of the family members of the martyr jawan are posted in the service of the country.

family background army

Krishna was born in the family of martyr Gopichand, who lived near the Shiva temple in Sutana, a small village in Panipat. Krishna’s family background is related to Army-Navy. Krishna’s father Gopichand was also martyred in the army. Krishna’s brother Vishnudutt was also in the army, who was martyred about 8 years ago. Krishna’s brother Subhash is a government teacher in village Bhadad. Krishna has two sons and a daughter. It is being told that his daughter is also an officer in the Navy. His brother Shaheed Vishnudutt’s son Raghu is also a lieutenant in the army. Apart from this, Vishnu Dutt’s son Pampi is also in the merchant navy. Vishnudatta was the elder brother. Subhash is younger than him. The youngest was Krishna, who lived in Mumbai with his family.

Board of Inquiry to investigate the incident

Giving information about the accident, Indian Navy officials said that an unfortunate incident took place on Tuesday at Naval Dockyard Mumbai. A sudden explosion took place in one of the interior compartments of INS Ranvir. In this, 3 Navy personnel lost their lives. The ship’s crew immediately brought the situation under control. 11 jawans have also been injured in the accident. INS Ranvir was on a cross coast operational deployment from the Eastern Naval Command and was returning to the base port after the maneuvers, the official said. There is not much information yet about how the explosion happened. A Board of Inquiry has been ordered to probe the accident.