A massive leak of secret technical data on Scorpene-class submarines did not originate in India but in France, Delhi's naval chief said Saturday, pointing to initial probe findings.
Some 22,400 pages of classified documents detailing the combat capabilities of the subs made by French defence contractor DCNS for the Indian navy were leaked to an Australian newspaper last month.
DCNS has implied that the leak may have come from India but the initial findings of a high-level probe set up by Delhi indicate otherwise.
The "preliminary probe in the case has found that the leak did not take place in India but at DCNS office in France," India's naval chief Sunil Lanba said Saturday, according to the Press Trust of India.
"In France, DCNS and the French government have launched an inquiry. Based on this inquiry, we will see what needs to be done," he added.
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