Russia condoles death of sailors in INS Sindhurakshak
New Delhi, Aug 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin has condoled the death of Indian Navymen in the explosion in and sinking of submarine INS Sindhurakshak.
In
identical
letters
to
President
Pranab
Mukherjee
and
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh,
Putin
said
"accept
my
sincere
condolences
in
connection
with
the
tragic
death
of
Indian
seamen
caused
by
the
explosion
in
the
submarine
Sindhurakshak".
He conveyed "deep sympathy" to the relatives and dear ones of the sailors who died.
A series of explosions had rocked INS Sindhurakshak at the dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday night, sinking the vessel in which 18 personnel including three officers are feared killed.
The diesel-electric submarine had recently come back from Russia after a Rs 450-crore extensive upgrade in that country.
PTI