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Parrikar also met the naval top brass to discuss the Parrikar also met the naval top brass to discuss theleak episode. Congress leader A K Antony, a former Defence Minister,said the leak is a matter of "very very serious concern" tothe country. "It affects the security of the country. Government mustimmediately order a high level enquiry, find out the truthafter that we can consider future course of action. Don’twaste time immediately find out the truth," he said. DCNS was quoted as having said it was aware of thereport in the Australian daily and that "national securityauthorities" had launched an inquiry into the matter, withoutgiving details. "This inquiry will determine the precise nature of thedocuments which have been leaked, the potential damage to ourcustomers as well as those responsible." Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sought toplay down the impact of the leak, saying in Canberra thatwhile it was "of concern", the Scorpene was a different modelto the subs Australia is buying. "The submarine we are building or will be building withthe French is called the Barracuda, quite, completelydifferent submarine to the Scorpene they are building forIndia," he told Channel Seven. The daily said the data was thought to have been removedfrom France in 2011 by a former French naval officer who atthe time was a subcontractor for DCNS. The data is believed to have passed through firms inSoutheast Asia before eventually being mailed to a company inAustralia, the newspaper said.PTI SAP NKSGSN