The Navy has recommended dismissal of commander ranker officer (Colonel in the Army) for allegedly having affair with the wife of his fellow officer. This incident took place in Cochin few weeks back and the Navy has taken serious note as this act is a court martial offence, according to official sources
Meanwhile, in another first of its kind case, the Army has dismissed a jawan from service after a court martial held him guilty of trying to outrage the modesty of a woman officer. The incident took place in one of the residential units of Army Aviation Corps in Bangalore recently.The Court Martial presided over by a Colonel tried the jawan belonging to an Army Aviation Squadron for “using criminal force to a woman with the intent to outrage her (Captain-rank officer) modesty,” officials said here on Thursday.
The jawan was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and be dismissed from service, they said.Narrating the sequence of incident, they said the woman officer was returning to the residential area at 11.45 pm when the jawan accosted her and allegedly “used criminal force of the same Squadron intending thereby to outrage her modesty.”
The jawan had approached the Chief of Army Staff's office against the decision of the Summary Court Martial but it was rejected. He denied any kind of wrongdoing on his part and also approached a military court against the punishment. However, the sentence of dismissal was affirmed by the court, officials said.