TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Major Leetul Gogoi, who was detained by the police in a Srinagar hotel after he was seen with a local woman in May, is set to face disciplinary action and held accountable by the Court of Inquiry for “fraternising” with a local woman despite being given instructions to the contrary and for staying away from the place of duty while in an operational area.
Earlier in August, sources had said that it was likely he would face punitive action as Court of Inquiry (CoI) ordered by the army into the incident was likely to indict him in the case. On 23 May, Gogoi was detained by the police after an altercation at the hotel in Srinagar where he was allegedly trying to enter with an 18-year-old woman.
Days later, the army had ordered the Court of Inquiry into the incident after army chief General Bipin Rawat said in Pahalgam that exemplary punishment would be given to Gogoi if he was found guilty of “any offence”. “If any officer of the Indian Army is found guilty of any offence, we will take strictest possible action,” Rawat had said.
