Tauktae killed 71 crewmembers
MUMBAI: Yellow Gate police, probing the sinking of barge Paapa 305 (P305) during Cyclone Tauktae, on Friday arrested three persons, including the director of Paapa Shipping Co Pvt Ltd, for not discharging their duty properly.
As many as 261 crew were onboard when the barge began sinking on May 16 in the Arabian Sea. While most were rescued by INS Kochi and INS Kolkata, 71 died. “Eight employees of P305 are still missing,” said a source.
Those arrested were Nallasopara resident Nitin Sinha (32), a director at Paapa Shipping, Akhileshwar Tiwari (49), technical superintendent, and Prasad Rane (46), manager. The three were arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Esplanade court remanded them to police custody till July 8.
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