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British IPL broadcast engineer found dead in South Mumbai hotel
Updated On: 01 April, 2026 09:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Aishwarya Iyer
76-year-old UK national discovered unconscious at Trident; police file ADR, await post-mortem report

Identification card of the deceased. Pic/By Special Arrangement
Jan William Langford, 76, a British national working as a broadcast engineer associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the Indian Premier League (IPL), was found unconscious in his room at the Trident hotel on March 30. He had been staying there for a few days while on assignment for the ongoing tournament, police said.
‘No foul play suspected’
He was rushed to Bombay Hospital, where doctors declared him dead before admission. The body has been sent for post-mortem. Police said preliminary findings do not suggest any foul play. “Nothing suspicious has been found so far; the exact cause of death will be known after medical reports”, a police officer told mid-day.

