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A female officer and a special forces commando may face action for allegedly having an "illegitimate" physical relationship as they been indicted by an Army inquiry and disciplinary measures have been recommended against both, sources told MAIL TODAY.
After the matter came to light, the Major-rank officer from the Para (special forces) and the lady officer, who is also a Major, have been attached to a unit in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Based on the orders issued by the Udhampur-based Northern Command, both the officers have been attached to a unit in Jammu and Kashmir for facing disciplinary action for having illegitimate physical relations," sources in the Army's Northern Command said.
The investigation over the affair between the two officers was initiated after the wife of the Major filed a complaint against them with the Army chief and his wife, who is the head of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) and deals with issues related to family matters of officers and men.
The Major's wife has also sent alleged intimate videos and photographs of the two officers to prove the relationship between them.
"There is enough persuasive evidence against the Major (male officer) and the Major (female officer) and both are blameworthy of having entered into relationship against the norms and ethos of the Indian Army," the Northern Army Command directed on the court of inquiry proceedings against the officers.
Sources said the lady officer and the Para commando allegedly came in contact when their units were sent to Kashmir to cool the situation in the aftermath of the killing of terrorist commander Burhan Wani by the Indian Army.
While the female officer's brigade had been shifted to Kashmir, the male officer had been sent there for a brief period from his actual location in southern India in the end of December 2016.
After the complaint was filed by the officer's wife, the Army authorities ordered a court of inquiry into the allegations under the aegis of a mountain brigade in Himachal Pradesh with the deputy commander of the brigade as its presiding officer.
Both the officers have denied the charges against them in the court of inquiry and have termed the complaint made by the wife of the Major as "frivolous and baseless".
Sources in Army's Northern Command said the wife of the major has submitted six photographs and one CD as proof of the allegations of sexual relations between the two officers in her complaint.
In the complaint filed by the commando's wife, she has said that she came to know about her husband's extra marital affair in February 2017 when her daughter was only seven months old. In the complaint, she has alleged that the officer has left her on the roadside without any support and she is not even aware of her husband's whereabouts.
The lady officer has been involved in various operations and was awarded the Army commander commendation for her operational services in 2012.
In this case, senior Army authorities took immediate steps to address the complaint made by the officer's wife. Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has also issued clear instructions to the commanders that no leniency should be shown in initiating investigations in cases of "moral turpitude".
Sources said in such cases, even if the relationships are consensual, they will not be allowed as the top brass feels the force is like a big family and showing leniency in such cases may affect its moral fabric. The price can be heavy and could include loss of pension and even rank, they added.
https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-toda...jors-lands-them-in-trouble-1180586-2018-03-02
After the matter came to light, the Major-rank officer from the Para (special forces) and the lady officer, who is also a Major, have been attached to a unit in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Based on the orders issued by the Udhampur-based Northern Command, both the officers have been attached to a unit in Jammu and Kashmir for facing disciplinary action for having illegitimate physical relations," sources in the Army's Northern Command said.
The investigation over the affair between the two officers was initiated after the wife of the Major filed a complaint against them with the Army chief and his wife, who is the head of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) and deals with issues related to family matters of officers and men.
The Major's wife has also sent alleged intimate videos and photographs of the two officers to prove the relationship between them.
"There is enough persuasive evidence against the Major (male officer) and the Major (female officer) and both are blameworthy of having entered into relationship against the norms and ethos of the Indian Army," the Northern Army Command directed on the court of inquiry proceedings against the officers.
Sources said the lady officer and the Para commando allegedly came in contact when their units were sent to Kashmir to cool the situation in the aftermath of the killing of terrorist commander Burhan Wani by the Indian Army.
While the female officer's brigade had been shifted to Kashmir, the male officer had been sent there for a brief period from his actual location in southern India in the end of December 2016.
After the complaint was filed by the officer's wife, the Army authorities ordered a court of inquiry into the allegations under the aegis of a mountain brigade in Himachal Pradesh with the deputy commander of the brigade as its presiding officer.
Both the officers have denied the charges against them in the court of inquiry and have termed the complaint made by the wife of the Major as "frivolous and baseless".
Sources in Army's Northern Command said the wife of the major has submitted six photographs and one CD as proof of the allegations of sexual relations between the two officers in her complaint.
In the complaint filed by the commando's wife, she has said that she came to know about her husband's extra marital affair in February 2017 when her daughter was only seven months old. In the complaint, she has alleged that the officer has left her on the roadside without any support and she is not even aware of her husband's whereabouts.
The lady officer has been involved in various operations and was awarded the Army commander commendation for her operational services in 2012.
In this case, senior Army authorities took immediate steps to address the complaint made by the officer's wife. Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has also issued clear instructions to the commanders that no leniency should be shown in initiating investigations in cases of "moral turpitude".
Sources said in such cases, even if the relationships are consensual, they will not be allowed as the top brass feels the force is like a big family and showing leniency in such cases may affect its moral fabric. The price can be heavy and could include loss of pension and even rank, they added.
https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-toda...jors-lands-them-in-trouble-1180586-2018-03-02
