Navy hit by yet another sex scandal, Antony orders probe

The Indian Navy has been hit by yet another alleged sex scandal as the wife of a senior officer has charged her husband with forcing her to get "sexually involved" with his colleagues, prompting Defence Minister A K Antony to order a probe.

The case has come up on a day when the defence minister asked the top brass of the Navy in its commanders' conference to take sternest possible action against officers involved in such deeds. "The defence minister was very helpful and has told us that he has ordered a departmental inquiry into the charges made by me and my parents against my husband," the woman complainant said here after meeting Antony.

She alleged that her husband, who is a lieutenant commander (equivalent to a major in the army) posted at the Naval Ship Repair Yard in Karwar, "forced me to get sexually involved with his colleagues and consume alcohol."

The woman, who says she has shifted to her maternal home after this episode, has accused her husband of physical and mental torture. An MBA, she got married in February last year to the officer. The woman alleged that her husband had threatened that if she disclosed about his deeds to anyone, "he would put up my nude pictures on internet to spoil my image socially".

She said her husband is working on an important assignment related to navy's Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier under construction at a shipyard in Russia and is about to be posted there soon. In a complaint sent to the defence minister on April 30, she had demanded departmental disciplinary action against him.

The officer could not be reached for his comments.