Coast Guard DIG B.K. 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 in 2014.
In 2014, a Pakistani fishing boat said to be carrying explosives was intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard off the coast of Gujarat, but the vessel exploded and caught fire before sinking along with four occupants.
While the government has claimed that the Pakistani boat had been set on fire by its crew, Loshali told an audience of Coast Guard officials on February 15 that he had ordered to blow off the boat, which was a major embarrassment for the government as well as the Coast Guard.
Following this, the government had removed Loshali from the position of Chief of Staff, North West and attached him to the force’s Gandhinagar-based regional headquarters.
A Board of Inquiry was also constituted to look into the matter, which probed the matter for over three months and court martialed him.
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