Pune: The city police on Saturday evening registered a case of abetment to suicide against a Brigadier rank officer posted at the headquarters of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Shimla, in connection with the death of a woman lieutenant colonel on October 13. Military Intelligence Training School and Depot (MITSD) here.
The women officers posted in Jaipur were in Pune for a six-month training course at MITSD from July 12.
The police registered an FIR after the woman’s husband, a colonel posted in Jaipur, filed a complaint on October 16, accusing the Brigadier of having an extramarital affair with his wife and “harassing and blackmailing” her by threatening to make intimate pictures and videos of her. ” Accused of. public.
The colonel, in a statement recorded with the police, said that his and his wife’s mutual consent divorce petition is pending in a Jaipur family court as he had told her in May this year that the brigadier was going to divorce his wife and marry her. Used to be.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Namrata Patil told TOI on Sunday, “For now, we have registered a case under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide). Based on the outcome of our ongoing investigation, a decision will be taken on adding other charges.
When contacted, the colonel told TOI, “This is not the right time for me to speak on this matter.”
In a short reply to TOI’s text sent on a social messaging app, the brigadier said it was “a false allegation against me”.
Indian Army spokesperson Colonel Sudhir Chamoli told TOI over phone on Sunday, “We cannot comment on the matter as we are not aware of the matter. You can send a query to us and the Southern Command.”
TOI’s query sent to the Defense Public Relations Officer, Southern Command for a comment, and the Army Headquarters did not elicit a response till the time of this writing.
The colonel said in his statement that he had noticed that when he moved to Jaipur in 2020, his wife was under stress. His father had died in 2019.
This May, he told her that after the death of his father and while he was posted to Mhow for a course, the brig – his immediate senior – took advantage of his loneliness on the pretext of giving him mental and emotional support and a physical development. did. Relation”.
The complainant said that he took pictures and videos while being intimate and “later started harassing and blackmailing her”.
The colonel also said that during phone conversations, when his wife was training at MITSD, he repeatedly told her that she was frustrated by the Brigadier’s harassment, which she claimed was the cause of her high blood pressure. .
A former brigadier and deputy judge advocate general of Southern Command told TOI, “The Army will have to issue a Court of Inquiry by a panel under the Army Act, 1950, to verify and establish the allegations leveled by the colonel in the matter. for. Brigadier. After this investigation, the panel can add charges. Since the female officer died at a Category ‘A’ training establishment, local army officers (in this case, Southern Command) would have to order an investigation. Also two officers (complaining colonel and brigadier) are posted at two different places. They have to be attached to units in Pune on temporary duty to enable the panel to operate
The women officers posted in Jaipur were in Pune for a six-month training course at MITSD from July 12.
The police registered an FIR after the woman’s husband, a colonel posted in Jaipur, filed a complaint on October 16, accusing the Brigadier of having an extramarital affair with his wife and “harassing and blackmailing” her by threatening to make intimate pictures and videos of her. ” Accused of. public.
The colonel, in a statement recorded with the police, said that his and his wife’s mutual consent divorce petition is pending in a Jaipur family court as he had told her in May this year that the brigadier was going to divorce his wife and marry her. Used to be.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Namrata Patil told TOI on Sunday, “For now, we have registered a case under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide). Based on the outcome of our ongoing investigation, a decision will be taken on adding other charges.
When contacted, the colonel told TOI, “This is not the right time for me to speak on this matter.”
In a short reply to TOI’s text sent on a social messaging app, the brigadier said it was “a false allegation against me”.
Indian Army spokesperson Colonel Sudhir Chamoli told TOI over phone on Sunday, “We cannot comment on the matter as we are not aware of the matter. You can send a query to us and the Southern Command.”
TOI’s query sent to the Defense Public Relations Officer, Southern Command for a comment, and the Army Headquarters did not elicit a response till the time of this writing.
The colonel said in his statement that he had noticed that when he moved to Jaipur in 2020, his wife was under stress. His father had died in 2019.
This May, he told her that after the death of his father and while he was posted to Mhow for a course, the brig – his immediate senior – took advantage of his loneliness on the pretext of giving him mental and emotional support and a physical development. did. Relation”.
The complainant said that he took pictures and videos while being intimate and “later started harassing and blackmailing her”.
The colonel also said that during phone conversations, when his wife was training at MITSD, he repeatedly told her that she was frustrated by the Brigadier’s harassment, which she claimed was the cause of her high blood pressure. .
A former brigadier and deputy judge advocate general of Southern Command told TOI, “The Army will have to issue a Court of Inquiry by a panel under the Army Act, 1950, to verify and establish the allegations leveled by the colonel in the matter. for. Brigadier. After this investigation, the panel can add charges. Since the female officer died at a Category ‘A’ training establishment, local army officers (in this case, Southern Command) would have to order an investigation. Also two officers (complaining colonel and brigadier) are posted at two different places. They have to be attached to units in Pune on temporary duty to enable the panel to operate
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