Indicted, Major Gogoi moved out of unit

  • | Wednesday | 19th September, 2018

It recommended Summary of Evidence, a three-month process similar to framing of charges before court martial proceedings are initiated.Officials said Gogoi was shifted out of his unit in Budgam and “attached” to Awantipora-based Victor Force headquarters. SRINAGAR: Major Leetul Gogoi , who was at the centre of the ‘human shield’ controversy, has been shifted out of his unit and attached to local formation headquarters after being indicted by an Army Court of Inquiry (CoI) for “fraternising” with a local woman in Srinagar, officials said Tuesday.Last month, the CoI instituted by the army indicted Gogoi, an officer with 53 Rashtriya Rifles“fraternising” with a local despite instructions to the contrary. The officer, whose decision to tie a civilian to the bonnet of his vehicle in Kashmir on April 9 last year as a shield against stone-pelting by a mob had kicked up a huge controversy, will now face CoI-ordered Summary of Evidence, a process similar to framing of charges.

SRINAGAR: Major Leetul Gogoi , who was at the centre of the ‘human shield’ controversy, has been shifted out of his unit and attached to local formation headquarters after being indicted by an Army Court of Inquiry (CoI) for “fraternising” with a local woman in Srinagar, officials said Tuesday.Last month, the CoI instituted by the army indicted Gogoi, an officer with 53 Rashtriya Rifles“fraternising” with a local despite instructions to the contrary. It recommended Summary of Evidence, a three-month process similar to framing of charges before court martial proceedings are initiated.Officials said Gogoi was shifted out of his unit in Budgam and “attached” to Awantipora-based Victor Force headquarters. The officer, whose decision to tie a civilian to the bonnet of his vehicle in Kashmir on April 9 last year as a shield against stone-pelting by a mob had kicked up a huge controversy, will now face CoI-ordered Summary of Evidence, a process similar to framing of charges.

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