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Maharashtra: Abducted Navy sailor burnt alive in Palghar forests, hunt on for kidnappers
In a shocking incident, a 26-year-old Navy sailor who had been abducted in Chennai on January 30 was set on fire by the kidnappers in jungles of Maharashtra's Palghar district and he died of injuries, the police said on Saturday. The deceased identified as Suraj Kumar Dubey, died while he was being shifted to hospital in Mumbai on Friday.
Dubey, who hailed from Ranchi, was posted at INS Agrani near Coimbatore, said Palghar district police spokesperson Sachin Navadkar. As per the preliminary information, when he was returning from vacation on January 30, three men abducted him at gun point outside Chennai Airport around 9 pm and demanded ransom of Rs 10 lakh.