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INS Vikrant. Credit: PTI Photo
A 19-year-old Naval sailor was found hanging onboard INS Vikrant in the early hours of Thursday, a Defence release said here.
Prime facie it appears to be a case of suicide, it said, adding a statutory Board of Inquiry is being ordered into the incident.
Sources said the unmarried sailor belongs to Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
They said a case has been registered with the local police.
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