DHAKA: An inquiry into the fire on board Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna in February this year has “found seven officers culpable of various acts of omissions and commissions”.

Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar made the disclosure in Parliament on Tuesday.

Parrikar said in his written reply in the Rajya Sabha that the report of a Board of Inquiry set up to investigate the accident has been submitted to the Naval headquarters and disciplinary action has been initiated at the Western naval Command headquarters against the seven officers.

The Sindhuratna fire on February 26 came after a series of mishaps involving the Navy’s assets and the then Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi had resigned soon after owning moral responsibility, reports the NDTV.

An early investigation into the Sindhuratna fire had established that the fire was caused due to problems in the cables of the vessel.

Two Navy officers were killed in the fire and some others were hospitalized.

BDST: 1903 HRS, NOV 25, 2014