26-year-old Navy sailor dies in Maharashtra after kidnappers set him on fire Suraj Kumar Dubey was kidnapped from outside the Chennai airport on January 30 and brought to Maharashtra three days later. Updated Feb 07, 2021 · 01:19 pm A map showing the location of Palghar district in Maharashtra, where the sailor was set on fire. A 26-year-old Navy sailor sustained grievous injuries after he was set on fire by his kidnappers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, PTI reported on Saturday. Suraj Kumar Dubey later died at a Mumbai hospital. Dubey, who belonged to Jharkhand, had been posted at the INS Agrani training institute near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He was allegedly kidnapped by three men at gunpoint outside the Chennai airport on January 30 when he was returning from a vacation. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from Dubey. They also took away his phone.