Manohar Parrikar Pak Boat

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.

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.

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.

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.