Friday, October 28 2005 18:29 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: In an unprecedented action, the Navy today (Oct 28, 2005) dismissed from service three senior officers who were found guilty of leaking classified information from the Naval war room.

Captain Kashyap Kumar and Commanders Vinod Kumar Jha and Vijendra Rana, all from the Directorate of Naval Operations, were dismissed with immediate effect by invoking 'the Presidents Pleasure Doctrine' under the Navy Act 2005 without resorting to Court Martial, a Navy spokesman said.