Bk Loshali

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Coast Guard, BK Loshali has been sacked following a Board of Inquiry over his comments that contradicted the government's stand on the sinking of a Pakistan fishing boat last year.

Coast Guard officer BK Loshali, who had contradicted the government's version on the explosion of a Pakistani boat on New Year's Eve, has been removed as Chief of Staff at North West region.

In an attempt to stanch a raging controversy, the government has released a video of a Pakistani fishing boat in flames on New Year's Eve. The four people on board had died off the coast of Gujarat. The new video does not establish what caused the explosion.

After hurtling the government into a mega-controversy, the officer who declared that he had ordered the blowing up of a Pakistani fishing boat with four people on board has apologised in writing to the Defence Ministry. The matter is unlikely to end there, said sources, warning that disciplinary action is likely.

Pakistan says India must explain what caused a Pakistani fishing boat to explode, killing four people on board on New Year's Eve, after a senior coast guard official said it was deliberately targeted.

Defence Minister Manohra Parrikar said the government stands by its earlier explanation of how a Pakistani boat, allegedly loaded with explosives, blew up off the Gujarat coast on New Year's Eve, killing all four people on board.

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Coast Guard, BK Loshali has been sacked following a Board of Inquiry over his comments that contradicted the government's stand on the sinking of a Pakistan fishing boat last year.

Coast Guard officer BK Loshali, who had contradicted the government's version on the explosion of a Pakistani boat on New Year's Eve, has been removed as Chief of Staff at North West region.

In an attempt to stanch a raging controversy, the government has released a video of a Pakistani fishing boat in flames on New Year's Eve. The four people on board had died off the coast of Gujarat. The new video does not establish what caused the explosion.

After hurtling the government into a mega-controversy, the officer who declared that he had ordered the blowing up of a Pakistani fishing boat with four people on board has apologised in writing to the Defence Ministry. The matter is unlikely to end there, said sources, warning that disciplinary action is likely.

Pakistan says India must explain what caused a Pakistani fishing boat to explode, killing four people on board on New Year's Eve, after a senior coast guard official said it was deliberately targeted.

Defence Minister Manohra Parrikar said the government stands by its earlier explanation of how a Pakistani boat, allegedly loaded with explosives, blew up off the Gujarat coast on New Year's Eve, killing all four people on board.