Overview
- Hari Singh’s family, which set a prayer in Chandigarh for Monday, proceeded after Maldivian authorities ended the hunt with no finds.
- The 59-year-old champion and former naval officer Commander Mahesh Ramachandran went missing when a speedboat capsized near Felidhoo Island on March 19 with seven aboard, while industrialist Gautam Singhania was rescued.
- Maldives Coast Guard teams led the operation with support from India’s Dornier surveillance aircraft and a light helicopter, using drones, light planes, boats and divers across wide stretches of sea.
- The effort ran well past the usual 72-hour window used in warm-water sea rescues, a practice based on survival odds that drop sharply after the first few days.
- No body or official death certificate has been issued, and while some reports describe Singh as presumed dead, close associates stress he remains missing as inquiries into the capsizing continue.