NEW DELHI – Indian Army Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the2017 ‘human shield controversy’, will suffer the ignominy of reduction inseniority and exit from Kashmir Valley with the Army headquartersconfirming the punishment for “fraternising” with a local woman last year,officials said here on Sunday.
A court martial had held Gogoi and his driver Sameer Malla guilty on twocounts – “fraternising” with a local woman in spite of instructions to thecontrary and “being away from the place of duty while in operational area”,the officials said.
The company commander of the unit of Malla, who was facing charges ofunauthorised absence, has been authorised to decide on his punishment whichincludes a “severe reprimand”.
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Malla was recruited in the Territorial Army in 2017 and he was posted with53 sector of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force fightingmilitancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
