Sexual misconduct: Probe finds Lt Gen violated decorum

Defence Minister A K Antony said on Wednesday that an army court of inquiry probing allegations of sexual misconduct against a senior Lieutenant General has found that he acted against service decorum.Without naming A K Nanda who was facing the allegations,Antony told Rajya Sabha that as per the inquiry report,the allegation against the Lieutenant General has not been conclusively established. However,it has been found that the General Officer acted against service decorum.The wife of a Colonel who worked as Nandas technical secretary,had filed a complaint against him,accusing him of misbehaving with her during an official trip to Israel.The Defence Minister however,did not explain what actions of Nanda went against service decorum. On the other hand,the complainant a Colonel had also tried to mislead the court of inquiry, he said.The Defence Minister said Army Chief General V K Singh has administered reproof to both the officers under the regulations of the Army. The Court of Inquiry was constituted under the then Shimla-based Army Training Command chief Lieutenant General A S Lamba. Antony also said that there was no information to the Defence Ministry on the Colonel and his wife making similar sexual harassment allegations against any other officer in the past.