Courageous Parsi officer dies saving Navy colleagues

Mumbai, Aug 30 (PTI) An Indian Navy officer died due to head injuries while saving other sailors who had fallen into the sea from a submarine off the coast of Mumbai this morning. “Lieutenant Commander Firdaus D Moghal, Executive Officer of Indian Naval Submarine ”Shankush”, died in an accident off Mumbai while saving the lives of fellow personnel who had fallen in the sea,” Navy officials said… (continue reading the whole story on Yahoo! news here.)

DelhiParsis salutes Lt. Cdr. Firdaus D Moghal, and we offer our deepest condolences to his family.

Read the official Indian Navy Press Release here.