Women personnel are also not safe in Indian forces
New Delhi: Women officers in the Indian Army also feel insecure as 123 female officers have complained of sexual harassment and abuse in the last 3 years. According to media reports, 2007 since then, the Indian Army has There have been 1243 incidents of violence against women officers.
Between 2015 and 2017, more than a dozen female officers claimed that they were abused by their superiors. In 2021, a female Indian Air Force pilot filed a complaint against a senior squadron leader for sexual harassment and assault. The officer was posted at a remote location. area as punishment.
In 2007, Captain Neha Rawat filed a sexual assault claim against Major General AK Lal, while in 2008, Captain Poonam Kaur was court-martialed for alleged gang rape against senior officers. In 2010, Major Megha Gupta filed a sexual assault complaint against Colonel Anuradh Mishra, after which the Indian Army released Colonel Mishra with a warning.