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Deputy police commissioner Khaled Qaiser said that
an FIR has been registered against captains and crew members
of both the cargo ships under relevant sections of IPC and
Environment Protection Act at the Yellow Gate police station.
The crew members were booked under section 280 (Rash
navigation of vessel), 336 (endangering life of others) and
427 (mischief causing damage) of IPC and relevant sections of
Environment Protection Act, he said.
So far nobody has been arrested, the DCP said adding
that all the crew members will soon be summoned to the police
station for questioning.
Additional Coast Guard Pollution Response Equipment has
also been mobilised from Goa and assistance is also being
taken from ONGC, JNPT and other agencies.
The state administration, Pollution Control Board,
Maharashtra Maritime Board and the Bombay History Natural
Society have been kept on high alert for mobilisation of
response resources for shore clean up.
MSC Chitra, the outbound merchant vessel from
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), collided with MV
Khalijia-III, at 0950 hours on Saturday when the latter was
sailing towards Mumbai Port Trust (MPT), off Mumbai harbour,
for berthing.
The Indian captain and 32 crew members of Chitra were
evacuated and the ship was grounded in the vicinity of the
Prong Reef Lighthouse. PTI VM
MRD


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