The Indian Navy has taken disciplinary action against four officers and two sailors who were on-board the INS Talwar, which met with an accident with a fishing boat off Ratnagiri coast in December. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the “Board of Inquiry (BoI) instituted by Indian Navy has held four officers and two sailors culpable and disciplinary action is being initiated against them”. “The incident of collision between INS Talwar and a fishing vessel on December 23, 2013 has been attributed to both inadequate lookout and non-adherence of standard norms of outboard lighting by the fishing boat as well as error in judgment by the naval ship’s crew at night,” Jaitley said.
