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One of the Board of Inquiries (BOI) set-up by the Navy to probe into the two separate submarine accidents, which claimed the lives of 20 officers and sailors besides leaving several injured, has submitted its report to the Naval headquarters.
“The BoI report in the case of INS Sindhuratna has found seven officers culpable of various acts of omissions and commissions. Disciplinary actions against these officers have been initiated at the Western Naval Command Headquarters,” Defence Minsiter Manohar Parrikar wrote in a reply to a specific question in the Rajya Sabha today.
In February this year, a Naval submarine – INS Sindhuratna -- met with an unfortunate accident when it was on a routine sortie claiming the lives of two young officers and left several injured.
INS Sindhurakshak
About six months before this incident, another Naval submarine -- INS Sindhurakshak -- sunk off the Mumbai coast in the intervening night of August 14 and 15 after a couple of explosions that prima-facie emanated from a malfunction in the battery compartment. It claimed the lives of 18 officers and sailors.
Examination of the BOI report in case of INS Sindhurakshak has not been completed, the Defence Minister informed.
In February, the then Naval chief, Admiral D.K.Joshi resigned subsequently owning moral responsibility for the incidents. He later revealed in an interview to a TV News channel that he was disappointed by the lack of authority given to top officers in procurement related decisions.
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