The statement issued by the Navy confirmed that the divers located and brought the body of the sixth crew member and added that the assessment of the damage and state of the hull in this portion of submarine will now continue. The samples from bodies of the six crew members have been sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory in Kalina for DNA finger printing.u00a0

The statement added that Navy Family Support Cell has remained in contact to provide emotional support to members of families at this hour of grief and the representatives of the eighteen crew members accommodated in Naval premises here are being provided with periodic updates. INS Sindhurakshak caught fire, after three explosions, and sank at the naval dockyard in Mumbai around midnight between August 13 and August 14.