Gandhinagar/New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard Deputy Inspector General B.K. Loshali has been sacked after an inquiry panel found him guilty of ordering that a Pakistani fishing trawler be blown up on New Year' Eve last year, officials said on Monday.

He was dismissed after the Board of Inquiry -- comprising DIG-rank officers -- found his comments contradicted the government's stand on the sinking of the trawler, an official said.