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Commodore Sukhjinder Singh, a Navy officer who was found to be in a relationship with a Russian woman while posted there to oversee work on an aircraft carrier, will be discharged from service, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said on Saturday.
“He will be discharged…he will not be in service,” Mr. Antony told journalists at the Hindon Air Force Station here. He was responding to a question on the fate of the officer as the Navy recently submitted a report of a Court of Inquiry into the immoral conduct episode.
Commodore Singh was posted in Russia between 2005 and 2007, and there were subsequent reports and photographic evidence of his being in a sexual relationship with a Russian woman.
He was posted here on his return, but was relieved in April last after reports of the relationship became public.
Commodore Singh was a warship production superintendent posted to oversee the refit of INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov).
The government earlier said that his conduct did not have any direct bearing on the cost negotiations for the aircraft carrier.
After several rounds and years of bargaining, India finalised the price tag of $2.3 billon in 2009-10 for the aircraft carrier, which is expected to be delivered towards the end of 2013.
“He will be discharged…he will not be in service,” Mr. Antony told journalists at the Hindon Air Force Station here. He was responding to a question on the fate of the officer as the Navy recently submitted a report of a Court of Inquiry into the immoral conduct episode.
Commodore Singh was posted in Russia between 2005 and 2007, and there were subsequent reports and photographic evidence of his being in a sexual relationship with a Russian woman.
He was posted here on his return, but was relieved in April last after reports of the relationship became public.
Commodore Singh was a warship production superintendent posted to oversee the refit of INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov).
The government earlier said that his conduct did not have any direct bearing on the cost negotiations for the aircraft carrier.
After several rounds and years of bargaining, India finalised the price tag of $2.3 billon in 2009-10 for the aircraft carrier, which is expected to be delivered towards the end of 2013.