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| India's 1st Scorpene class Submarine |
By: Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — The Indian Navy has expressed concern to French authorities over the reported leakage of data pertaining to the Scorpene submarines being built for India.
"The Indian Navy has taken up the matter with Director General of Armament of the French Government expressing concern over this incident and has requested the French Government to investigate this incident with urgency and share their findings with the Indian side," according to an Aug. 25 Indian Navy statement. "An internal audit of procedures to rule out any security compromise is also being undertaken."
Meanwhile the matter is being taken up by New Delhi through diplomatic channels to verify the authenticity of the reports appearing in a section of Australian media.
"The documents that have been posted on the website by an Australian news agency have been examined and do not pose any security compromise as the vital parameters have been blacked out," the Navy said.
Meanwhile, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked the Indian Navy to bring a report on the probe into the leak within one month, according to a senior official with the Indian Ministry of Defense.
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