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Antony seeks report on plaint by naval officer’s wife
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 11
A complaint by a serving naval officer’s wife against her husband and certain officers in Kochi today prompted Defence Minister AK Antony to seek a report from the Navy. Antony has asked the Defence Secretary to furnish the details of the case.

The young officer’s wife also called up the Defence Minister’s office complaining about the behaviour of her husband and his superiors.

She had yesterday lodged a complaint with the Kochi police alleging that she was being ill-treated by her husband and that he was forcing her to extend sexual favours to his bosses.

This is the second time that the woman has lodged a complaint against the officer.

The Navy came out with a rebuttal saying it was a marital discord between a serving officer and his spouse which had resulted in the woman lodging an FIR with the local police.

A Navy spokesperson said: “Unlike the corporate world, in the Navy, the support system, including superior officers, and families of colleagues (make) endeavour to resolve such issues. However, in this specific case, the wife of the officer has levelled unfair allegations against superior officers in her husband’s chain of command, their spouses and other officers who have interacted with her. These officers accompanied by their respective spouses had tried to unsuccessfully resolve the issues dogging the couple’s personal life. The couple was also sent to a marriage counsellor under the aegis of the Navy Wives Welfare Association, Southern Naval Command,” the Navy added.