NEW DELHI: Several military officers have got entangled in sexual harassment cases, honey-traps or "stealing the affections of a brother officer's wife'' in recent years. But this time, a Major is in the dock for allegedly uploading "sexually explicit material'' and the cellphone number of a Lt Colonel's wife on adult websites.
Even as the Army conducts a court of inquiry (CoI) into the charges against the Major in Bathinda, a junior commissioned officer is also facing a court martial at Panagarh for eloping with a NCC girl cadet who had taken part in the Republic Day parade.
The Bathinda case, however, has sent shock waves down the ranks after the Lt Colonel from the Army Aviation squadron complained to the 10 Corps commander, Lt-General Sanjeev Anand, that his wife was receiving "national and international unsolicited calls'' after the Major posted her mobile number on "adult chat sites''.
The Army denied the Major had even posted sexually explicit pictures and video clips on the websites, saying that "the allegations are restricted to posting the mobile number on the websites and intrusion of privacy''.
Sources, however, said the military intelligence had moved to get the websites blocked due to the "explicit content'', which had been uploaded by the Major." The ongoing investigation is looking into how the Major got hold of the explicit material and whether there was a larger racket at play in the unit,'' said a source.
In the other case, the JCO is being court-martialled after the CoI and the subsequent "summary of evidence'' prima facie established that he had eloped with the NCC cadet. "The JCO failed to join back duty on time. He was found in a hotel with the girl,'' said an officer.
These two cases come close after a Lt-Col was caught for establishing contact on social networking site Facebook with a Bangladeshi woman working for Pakistan's ISI, who had earlier honey-trapped another Indian military officer in Bangladesh.
The Navy last year sacked Commodore Sukhjinder Singh after his sexually explicit pictures with a Russian woman had surfaced.
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