Finally, INS Vikrant sold as scrap for `60 crore

MUMBAI: India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, has been auctioned and sold to a ship-breaker for `60 crore, an official said here Wednesday.

It was sold through an auction to Mumbai’s IB Commercials Pvt Ltd, but details are awaited.

Activist Kiran Paigankar, who had earlier filed a writ petition in Bombay High Court trying to save the ship, said he plans to move the Supreme Court against the auction.

“We shall request the Supreme Court to allow any other state government or port trust to come forward and take it over since the Maharashtra government is not willing to save it,” Paigankar told IANS. IANS