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British BCCI engineer found dead in Mumbai hotel

A 76-year-old British broadcast engineer assigned to the BCCI was found dead in his Mumbai hotel room on Monday, police confirmed.

The deceased has been identified as Jan William Langford. He was rushed to Bombay Hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Police stated a postmortem revealed no suspicious findings, leading to the registration of an accidental death case.

The sudden death casts a shadow over ongoing IPL operations in Mumbai, where the Mumbai Indians are scheduled to play their remaining home matches at the Wankhede Stadium.