New Delhi: A senior decorated Navy officer has been sent on leave and a Board of Inquiry ordered against him after a junior woman officer accused him of molesting her twice, including once at the house of a top admiral.
Navy sources said the incident happened this month. Sources said the woman, a Lieutenant, has complained that her senior, a surgeon commander rank, molested her twice.
Incidentally, one of the incidents happened at the house of a senior Admiral. At the time of the incident, the senior Admiral was on official duty in Visakhapatnam. He had called for the medical team to check on his 95-year-old mother who was bed-ridden.
The accused doctor was awarded with Vishist Seva Medal this year. “We are seized of the matter and a Board of Inquiry has been ordered. Report will be out soon, Navy spokesperson Capt D.K. Sharma said.
