Navy sacks three for Facebook leak Commander of warship

Sacked for collision

The Navy is sacking three of its officers for divulging secret information on social networking sites such as Facebook. The matter was initially detected in September 2011, following which a board of inquiry was constituted by the Navy. The board submitted its report in 2012.

The investigation was conducted against four officers. The fourth officer is being censured.

“All four officers have been found blameworthy. Three out of four officers have been recommended for termination of services. Action of termination of services of three officers is under process. The fourth officer is being censured (letter of severe displeasure valid for a period of five years) by the Chief of Naval Staff,” a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence said on Monday.

Naval sources said the Navy is taking prompt action to probe cases when- New Delhi: Taking strict action, the Coast Guard on Monday sacked the commanding officer of its warship which collided with a fishing trawler killing five fishermen off the coast of Goa on Thursday. The Coast Guard decided to sack the deputy inspector generalrank officer for his role in the collision in which five fishermen have been killed, defence ministry sources said. Five fishermen were killed after ICGS Vaibhav collided with fishing trawler Sea Messiah off south Goa-Karwar coast. The brand new ship was on a sea sortie and is yet to be commissioned. ever rules and regulations are broken by its personnel.

The Navy was recently hit by allegations of sexual abuse levelled by the wife of a naval officer as well as another incident in which an officer was sacked for entering into a relationship with another officer’s wife.