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This is an archive article published on September 12, 2011
Dismissed woman IAF officer ends life
Former Indian Air Force officer Anjali Gupta,who was the first woman to be courtmartialled by the IAF,committed suicide here on Sunday,police said.
Former Indian Air Force officer Anjali Gupta,who was the first woman to be courtmartialled by the IAF,committed suicide here on Sunday,police said.
Gupta ended her life by hanging herself to a ceiling fan at the house of a relative in Rohit Nagar area,where she was staying,they said.
She was alone in the house when she took the extreme step,police said.
The investigating officer said they had to break open the door as it was locked from inside only to find her hanging from the ceiling fan.
Former flying officer Gupta,who had accused her senior officers of sexually abusing her,was dismissed by the IAF in February 2006 after she was found guilty on seven counts ranging from indiscipline,insubordination to financial misappropriation.
Anjali’s body has been sent for post mortem and the police are further investigating the case.
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