'Improper relationship': Colonel faces axe for stealing affection of a brother officer's wife

CHANDIGARH: An Army General Court Martial (GCM) has recommended dismissal of a colonel for having an "improper relationship" with the wife of another colonel.The officer is from Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers and has served an infantry attachment with the elite 21 Para SF.

He has also completed his staff course.The court martial - headed by a major general-rank officer and with six colonels as members - began proceedings in May and findings were given Wednesday. Sources said the colonel was found guilty of three of the four charges levelled against him under various provisions of Army Act.Two of the charges were that he stayed with the other colonel's wife at hotels in Haridwar in Sept 2021, and Dehradun in April 2022. The third charge was that he, while in the field, fraudulently used a genuine dependent card of another colonel's wife as that of his wife in Sept 2021 and April 2022. Another charge was that he made telephone calls to the woman between 10pm and 6am from Sept 1, 2021, to Aug 31, 2022, despite knowing she was married to a fellow officer.

The husband came to know about the calls on September 20, 2022. This charge, however, was not proved in GCM.GCM recommended his dismissal, subject to approval of higher Army authorities.