Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on September 17 said that preliminary investigation in the Scorpene data leak case found that the leak did not take place in India but in France.
In preliminary investigation, it has been found that leak did not happen in India but in DCNS office in France: Navy chief Sunil Lanba
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 17, 2016
He further added that the investigation revealed that the leak took place at the office of defence company DCNS and that the French government has already launched an inquiry into this.
There is a high level committee which is inquiring into the #scorpeneLeak on our side :Navy chief Sunil Lanba pic.twitter.com/DwrAQsZRBc
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 17, 2016
Admiral Lanba, was in Mumbai, attending the launch ceremony of Visakhapatnam class warship Mormugao when he addressed the media and said that they have set up a high-level committee to look into the Scorpene leak and based on this inquiry, they will know whether any mitigation measures are required or not.
Based on this inquiry, we will see what needs to be done, whether any mitigation measures are required or not: Navy chief #ScorpeneLeak
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 17, 2016
He also added that in France both DCNS and the French government have launched a similar inquiry and based on all these inquiries, it would be decided what needs to be done.
Similarly in France, DCNS & French Govt have launched an enquiry. Based on this inquiry,will see what needs to be done: Navy chief
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 17, 2016
Australian website ‘The Australian’ had recently revealed that over 22,000 pages of secret data on India’s Scorpene submarines had been leaked and even put few details on the website.
