Scorpene leak is serious: Navy chief

IN

New Delhi: Leak of information related to Scorpene submarine is being viewed “very seriously”, but it is “not a matter of much worry”, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said on Monday in his first comment after over 22,000 pages of data detailing the vessel’s capabilities became public. “Any leak of information is viewed very seriously. We have viewed the leak of Scorpene data very seriously and we have asked (French firm) DCNS to launch an urgent investigation into this,” the Navy chief said here. He noted that the Defence Ministry has set up a high-level committee to investigate the matter.