A 76-year-old British broadcast engineer working with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 matches was found dead in his hotel room in south Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.As per news agency PTI report, the deceased, identified as Jan William Langford, was discovered unconscious in his room on Monday morning. Hotel staff immediately rushed him to Bombay Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, an official confirmed.
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Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Langford had been in India on assignment as a broadcast engineer for the ongoing IPL season.According to police, a postmortem examination did not reveal anything suspicious. Officials from Marine Drive police station said a case of accidental death has been registered, and further inquiries are underway to ascertain the exact cause.The sudden death has cast a shadow over ongoing IPL operations in Mumbai, where Mumbai Indians are set to play remaining home matches at the Wankhede Stadium.
