New Delhi, April 12
In a decision aimed at disciplining an errant Indian Navy officer, Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered his dismissal for having an illicit affair with his senior’s wife.

The officer is a Lieutenant Commander posted in Mumbai. The action has been taken after an inquiry report found the officer guilty of “stealing the affection of a brother officer’s wife” - a punishable offence in the armed forces.

The officer and the woman had even ‘eloped’ for some time. Sources in the Navy refused the reveal the name of the officer but confirmed that Antony had ordered the dismissal this evening.

This is the second dismissal of a Navy man for having an ‘illicit affair’ in the recent past. In 2012, Commodore Sukhjinder Singh was dismissed from service for having an improper liaison with a Russian woman when he was posted to that nation. The dismissal of the Lieutenant Commander is not connected in any manner to the recent case in Kochi where the wife of an officer has levelled allegations that she was being asked to extend sexual favours to the bosses of her husband.