A top Indian Navy official, Vice Admiral Srikant, passed away due to coronavirus-related complications at Base Hospital in the national capital on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. He was the Director-General of Project Seabird.
The vice admiral, the Navy’s senior-most submariner, was due to retire on December 31.
Expressing his condolences, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted: “Deeply pained at the untimely and sudden demise of Director General Seabird, Vice Admiral Srikant.”
Earlier, the seniormost submariner had held the titles including Inspector General of Nuclear Safety and Commandant of the National Defence College.
This comes as India’s coronavirus count reached 99,06,165 on Tuesday with the addition of 22,065 new infections. Also, 354 fresh deaths in a span of 24 hours took the total toll to 1,43,709, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
