British broadcast engineer working for IPL matches found dead in Mumbai hotel


British broadcast engineer working for IPL matches found dead in Mumbai hotel

Jan William Langford was on a work assignment as a broadcast engineer for BCCI/IPL matches. File image.
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A 76-year-old British broadcast engineer, working with the BCCI for the IPL 2026 matches, died after he was found unconscious in his room at a hotel in south Mumbai, police said on Tuesday (March 31, 2026).

Jan William Langford was found unconscious in his room on Monday(March 30, 2026) morning, following which he was rushed to Bombay Hospital by the hotel management. He was declared dead on arrival, an official said.

Langford was on a work assignment as a broadcast engineer for BCCI/IPL matches, he said.

Nothing suspicious was found in his postmortem examination, said a Marine Drive police station official.

A case of unnatural death has been registered, and further enquiries are underway, the official added.


IPL 2026 tragedy: British broadcast engineer found dead in Mumbai hotel | Cricket News – The Times of India


IPL 2026 tragedy: British broadcast engineer found dead in Mumbai hotel | Cricket News – The Times of India

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.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.