A general court martial (GCM) instituted by the Indian Air Force has ordered the sacking of a group captain for the crash of an Mi-17 V5 helicopter in Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir after it was hit by a missile on February 27, 2019, official sources said on Tuesday.
The officer had denied the charges against him levelled by the Captain-rank woman officer.
For the first time in the Army's history, a former woman officer has been sentenced to a year's rigorous imprisonment and cashiered from service by a general court martial (GCM) which held her guilty of corruption.
Chowdhary, an accused in the Tehelka expose, had challenged the General Court Martial order, which had sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for accepting bribe.
The five-member jury presided over by Group Captain Ganesh pronounced the verdict.
Lal was serving as the 3 Infantry Division General Officer Commanding in Leh last year when the woman officer Capt Neha Rawat made a written complaint against the two-star General alleging sexual misconduct under the pretext of conducting meditation classes at his residence.
He is the third army personnel to be convicted by the army court in the Tehelka case.
A General Court Martial found Col Sehgal of the Directorate of Ordnance Services guilty of three of the four charges against him, sources said.
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