NEW DELHI: Indian Coast Guard DIG BK Loshali, who boasted blowing up a Pakistani boat on New Years Eve, has been removed as Chief of Staff at Northwest region, NDTV reported on Tuesday.
He will face a Board of Inquiry at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Loshali said last week he had ordered an attack on a Pakistani boat as it approached Indian waters.
I hope you remember the 31st December night. We blew off the Pakistan we blew them off, he said in a video released by The Indian Express.
The comment triggered a huge controversy because it was contradicted with the governments version.
On January 1, Indian Coast Guard patrol vessels claimed to have intercepted a suspicious Pakistani boat in the Arabian Sea, thwarting what the Indian security establishment said could have been another attempt to unleash a Mumbai-style terror attack.
At the time, Indian officials claimed that four men on board the vessel set it ablaze after an hour-long hot pursuit by the Coast Guard. But Loshali contradicted the official version, saying he had in fact ordered the boat to be blown up.
Pakistan on February 21 said it stood vindicated in the terror boat drama staged by India on the first day of 2015, reiterating that neither was any of its boats missing nor was there any evidence to suggest that the vessel blown up by Indian coast guards was Pakistani.
Having remained shrouded in mystery since day one, the drama of the so-called terror boat is now unfolding. The latest Indian media reports actually confirmed our findings, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters at a weekly media briefing.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also took notice of Loshalis remarks, saying that the incident tore off Indias veil of being a peaceful country of the region.
Pakistans desire for peace and coexistence in the region must not be seen as our weakness. International community must also take notice of the incident which is tearing off Indias veil of being a peaceful country of the region,a statement released by the Defence Ministry stated.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 |  |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |
