Assuring necessary disciplinary action against the guilty in the alleged rape case of an IAF officer in Coimbatore recently, IAF Chief V R Chaudhari on Tuesday said no ‘two-finger test’ was conducted on the woman. She had alleged a fellow IAF officer had molested her.
Cautioning that rules of the IAF in such incidents are “very strict,” the IAF chief also said punitive action will be taken based on the report of a high-level inquiry into the case.
“Let me assure you that the Air Force law is very strict on any such incidents. The two-finger test that you have mentioned is misreported.
I can confirm to you that this test was not done and we are well aware of the rules,” Chaudhari said. He was replying to a question on allegations by the victim that she was subjected to the outlawed test at a medical facility of the IAF.
A Flight Lieutenant was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police for allegedly sexually assaulting the 28-year-old woman officer on September 10 in an Air Force academy.
The woman officer levelled serious charges against IAF authorities, including subjecting her to the banned finger test and also forcing her to withdraw the complaint against the officer.
A local court in Coimbatore last week directed the police to hand over the case to the IAF. The woman officer had asked for a police investigation, alleging pressure and intimidation from her superiors.
Following the court order, the accused official was handed over by the police to the IAF for a court-martial.