The two officers, who were missing after smoke was detected on submarine – INS Sindhuratna, were declared dead by the Navy today.
“The two officers who were earlier declared missing have been located in the compartment and after examination by Medical Officers both the officers were declared dead,” the navy said in a statement.
They were identified as Lt. Commander Kapish Muwal and Lt. Manoranjan Kumar.
The condition of the remaining seven sailors, who had inhaled smoke while they were trying to put it out, is reported to be stable.
On Wednesday morning, the Russian-manufactured submarine INS Sindhuratna sent an SOS to the naval base to report smoke that was caused by a fire in the battery compartment.
The submarine was on a routine exercise when the incident occurred and the navy is trying to bring it back to the docks.