Kochi: The body of Rear Admiral S S Jamwal,Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command, who died yesterday
in an 'accidental firing' at INS Dronacharya, has been taken
to Alapuzha Medical College for post-mortem.
Police sources said the body of the 51-year-old naval
officer was taken to the medical college this morning for
medical examination to ascertain the cause of his death.
Meanwhile, Naval sources said the funeral of the second
senior most officer in the Southern Naval command has been
tentatively scheduled for tomorrow.
The cremation was likely to be held here, the sources
said.
Police have registered a case of 'unnatural death', while
Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
According to Navy, the Rear Admiral was at the training
establishment's small arms firing range when he died as a
pistol he was inspecting went off accidentally.
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