INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mumbai: The Mumbai Cops on Friday registered an FIR against the captain of barge P305, which sank on Monday in the Arabian Sea, 35 nautical
miles from Mumbai under the impact of the Cyclone Tauktae.The barge captain Rakesh Ballav, together with others, has actually been booked on
the basis of a grievance by saved barge engineer Mustafizur Rehman Shaikh
According to the cops, the case has been signed up in Mumbai's Yellow Gate police headquarters
A case has been registered against Barge P305 Captain Rakesh Ballav and others on the problem of a barge engineer
The case has actually been registered under area 304( 2 ), 338 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the authorities said.Police likewise
said it has actually introduced a look for the Captain.According to the FIR, in spite of getting alerts on Cyclone Tauktae approaching,
Captain Rakesh Ballav and others did not make any plans for the safety of the staff on board, due to which the barge sank in the cyclone
storm and numerous lost their lives
Barge P305 started drifting after its anchors paved the way off the Heera Oil Fields in Bombay High and sank on Monday as cyclonic storm
Tauktae brushed past the western coast.According to the Navy, as many as 188 people who were on the barge when it sunk have been rescued and
a minimum of 51 bodies have been recovered from till now with rescue operations still underway.
