Pattern of sexual abuse in Indian Army exposes systemic impunity
A deeply troubling pattern of sexual abuse and harassment within the Indian Army has once again come under scrutiny, exposing a grave problem that spans decades and is consistently met with cover-ups and institutional silence.
According to Kashmir Media Service, retired Colonel Amit Kumar recently revealed that his wife was raped by senior military officers in Odisha after he brought her from the family ward. Despite video evidence and a formal FIR naming three brigadiers and a lieutenant colonel, the accused were cleared by an internal inquiry led by the very officers involved in the crime. Kumar publicly accused the Indian Army leadership and police of collusion, saying victims are intimidated and silenced instead of being protected.
This incident is not an isolated case. In 2015, a young woman officer of the Army’s Signal Corps in Rajasthan lodged detailed complaints against her commanding officer for sexual harassment and abusive remarks. Action was deliberately delayed for months, worsening her trauma and forcing appeals to the Defence Minister. Earlier, in 2008, Captain Poonam Kaur of the Army Supply Corps accused senior officers of mental and sexual harassment, only to be declared guilty of making false allegations in a process widely condemned as victim-blaming.
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