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  • Barge tragedy: FIR against its captain, others after survivor files complaint

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Police have registered an FIR against the captain of barge P-305 and some other persons after it sank in the Arabian Sea five days ago during cyclone Tauktae, in which at least 49 of its personnel were killed, an official said on Friday.

    The case was registered under section 304 (2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 338 (causing grievous hurt to any person through rash or negligent act) and 34 (common intention) at the Yellow Gate police station here.

    Rakesh Ballav, the captain of the barge, and others have been named in the FIR, a Mumbai Police spokesperson said.

    The case was registered on the basis of the complaint lodged by Rahman Hussain Shaikh, the chief engineer of the barge who was among the survivors in the incident, he said.

    Of the 261 personnel who were on the barge that sank on Monday, 186 had been rescued till Thursday, officials had said.

    Bodies of 49 persons have been recovered and the Navy and the Coast Guard have been carrying out a search for the 26 personnel missing from the barge and 11 from anchor boat Varaprada, they had said.

    Three barges and an anchor handling boat deployed by private contractor Afcons for a project it was doing for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), and a drillship of a state-owned firm had lost anchors and drifted away.

  • Mumbai Indians 5th time champion, Rohit Sharma-Trent Boult got a big win

    After the bowling bowling of the bowlers, Mumbai Indians won the fifth title by defeating Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in the final of the IPL on Tuesday. First the Mumbai Indians bowlers stopped Delhi playing the final for the first time at a low score, then after this Rohit made one-sided fight with Atishi batting. Batting first after winning the toss, Delhi gave Mumbai a target of 157 runs, which Mumbai easily achieved before 8 balls.

    The most successful team of the IPL, Mumbai Indians, started a stormy chase to chase the target of 157 runs. The batting of opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Quinton Dickock told that it is not easy to destroy their kingship. Rohit opened the Mumbai account with a six and then after that Dickock took big shots. Marcus Stoinis broke the 45-run partnership between the two. He made Dickock his victim. After this, Suryakumar Yadav came on the field to support Rohit and he expressed his team’s intention by hitting the first ball four and six on the second ball.

    Due to lack of mutual coordination, Mumbai got the second blow for 90 runs as Suryakumar Yadav. Sun scored 19 runs. After this, captain Rohit made a one-sided contest by sharing 47 runs with Ishan Kishan. Norkia gave Mumbai the third blow as captain Rohit for 137 runs. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring 68 runs from 51 balls. But by then they had turned the fight one way. After Rohit returned to the pavilion, Pollard hit two big shots, but Rabada bolted him and gave Mumbai the fourth blow for 147 runs. Rohit’s team got the fifth blow as Hardik Pandya for 156 runs. Pandya became the victim of Norkia by scoring 3 runs.

    The start of the Delhi capitals was contrary to expectations and on the very first ball of the innings, Trent Bolt gave the first blow to Delhi by dismissing Marcus Stoinis. After this, Bolt gave Delhi the second blow by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane for 16 runs. After this, Shikhar Dhawan, who was in excellent form, also flopped in the final and was dismissed by 15 runs. After three setbacks for 22 runs, captain Shreyas Iyer took over the team in a big partnership with Rishabh Pant and reached the score 100 by 22 runs. During this time, Pant also completed his first half-century of this season. However, he was dismissed after scoring a half-century. Coulter Nile caught Delhi out by Hardik Pandya and gave Delhi the fourth blow for 118 runs. Pant scored 56 runs off 38 balls.