MUMBAI: The committee led by the Director General of Shipping inquiring into the sinking of barge P-305 suspects the captain or barge owner miscalculated and jeopardized lives of the 261 crew members by not moving the barge to a safer location ahead of cyclone Tauktae. Some crew members said they had requested that P-305 be moved closer to the Mumbai shore when the cyclone warning came in. Chief engineer Rahman Shaikh (48), who is currently recuperating at Apollo Hospital here after being rescued, said, “I informed captain Balwinder Singh about the warnings but he did not pay heed. I also tried to communicate with the barge owner, but they asked us to continue working. The barge was never moved to a safer location, though PR companies hired by Afcons may claim it was. When I tried to communicate with the tugboat that is used to tow the barge, we learnt it had already moved from the location.”