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Three men arrested after reporting fatal explosion during copper theft
Three men were arrested by the Gorai police on Oct 1 for copper theft from the 'Al Jafzia', after an explosion had killed four of their associates on Sep 27. The police suspected that a gas leak while the four were cutting a pipe in the engine room, likely to steal the copper from it, had caused the explosion. The three in police custody allegedly stole brass valves and copper worth Rs 40,000 from the vessel while their associates died. The police suspected that the gang had carried out a reconnaissance and committed thefts on the stranded vessel at least twice earlier. Evidence was gathered to verify this. Three of the four killed, Vinayak Ambavne alias Vinu, Ramchandra Nevrekar and Shankar, were aged 30-40 years. Postmortem examinations and forensic analysis were started to help determine the exact causes of their deaths. The accident came to light only on Sep 28,when one of their surviving associates, Vijay Sanjiva, approached the Gorai police and informed them about the explosion. He and the other survivors, Pratik Patil and Shiven Shundul, were arrested and produced before a magistrate court on Oct 1. They were remanded in police custody until Oct 6. The police said the three suspects appeared to have a criminial history. The gang had used a fishing boat owned by Sanjiva for the transportation forth and back. The bodies of the deceased were recovered with the Navy’s assistance on Sep 30. The Navy brought a helicopter and two boats. They used protective gear and checked the vessel for gas leak. The bodies were taken to Colaba and then sent to JJ Hospital for a postmortem examination.
Four men died due to gas release when trying to steel copper pipes from grounded tanker
An attempt to steal copper pipes from the grounded 'Al Jafzia' on the evening of Sep 26 turned fatal when a blast inside the vessel left four men dead and forced three others to flee. The seven had entered the tanker near Manori Island to cut and steal copper pipes when the incident occurred near the engine room. A pipe connected to the vessel’s air-conditioning system may have burst, while the men were cutting it, releasing gas. Four of them subsequently suffocated after inhaling the gas. One of the survivors, Vijaya Premnath Sanjiva, 40, suffered facial injuries and was also rendered unconscious after inhaling the gas. His two associates, who allegedly helped him escape from the vessel, were absconding. Four of the seven men were residents of Colaba, while the remaining three were from Vasai. The incident came to light on the late evening of Sep 28, when Sanjiva made inquiries in Colaba and learnt that the men, who had accompanied him to the tanker, had not returned home. He then approached the Gorai police station and told officers about their alleged plan to steal copper pipes. The police found four bodies near the engine room. Report with photo: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/four-die-in-grounded-ship-during-suspected-theft-in-mumbai-waters-10901447/
Findings about shadow tanker turned casualty into smuggling case
What India found aboard the 'Al Jafzia' has turned a shipwreck into a smuggling case. The tanker was detained in an alleged fuel-smuggling case, when it ran aground off Mumbai, about a half-mile from Manori, after severe monsoon weather pulled it from its anchorage on July 5. The Coast Guard diverted the ICGS 'Samrat' to the scene, after the Directorate General of Shipping warned that three detained vessels were dragging their anchors. The ICGS 'Samudra Prahari' and the ETV 'Water Lily' were also positioned nearby, while the tankers 'Asphalt Star' and 'Stellar Ruby' were secured with their crews reported safe. The story began on Feb 5, when the Coast Guard intercepted the 'Asphalt Star' on suspicion of illicit oil transfers and manipulation of its identity and AIS data. Investigators then brought the 'Al Jafzia' and 'Stellar Ruby' to Mumbai, where all three ships were anchored under Coast Guard supervision on Feb 9. The investigators alleged that the vessels concealed their movements and used forged documents while transferring Iranian-origin products. The suspected cargo included about 66,000 lbs. of heavy fuel oil transferred to the 'Al Jafzia' and approximately 6,030 tons of bitumen transferred to the 'Stellar Ruby'. The 'Al Jafzia’s IMO 9171498 pointed to the tanker 'Chil 1', which the U.S. Treasury placed on its sanctions list in April 2025. The Treasury said the wider network relied on high-risk transfers, altered paperwork, blended petroleum products, and disabled or manipulated tracking signals. The IMO has warned that older tankers with unclear ownership, poor maintenance, weak insurance, and opaque operations increase the danger of spills and collisions. They can also leave coastal governments struggling to identify who should pay for cleanup and compensation. The Bombay High Court had already confronted the human cost of the case. In May, it ordered the release and repatriation of 50 Indian seafarers after they alleged that shipowners had abandoned them with limited food, water, electricity, and unpaid wages. The Coast Guard warned the court that leaving the vessels unmanned would create navigational, national security, environmental, and maritime safety risks. The court later permitted the detained ships to be moved to the Alang ship-breaking yard, while keeping them in legal custody, but the 'Al Jafzia' did not complete that journey before the monsoon arrived. The S&P Global estimated in September 2025 that the so-called shadow fleet had reached 978 tankers, representing approximately 18.5% of worldwide oil-tanker capacity, helping sanctioned petroleum continue moving, while the costs can land elsewhere when something goes wrong. Coastguards provide ships and personnel, ports offer emergency refuge, courts untangle ownership disputes, and coastal communities live with the environmental uncertainty. India’s immediate task was to assess the 'Al Jafzia', prevent pollution, and move it without causing further damage. The broader lesson is that sanctions enforcement cannot end with a detention order because insurance, salvage, environmental responsibility, and safe custody must follow the hull to its final destination.
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