New Delhi: The involvement of a Navy officer who had been recommended to be cashiered from service for embezzlement in 2011 in the skydiving death of a Bangalore woman has left the defence ministry shocked. The Navy is likely to be asked for an explanation, with questions being raised about its failure to keep a tab on the officer’s activities.
Commander N Rajesh Kumar, who was arrested by the Tamil Nadu police following the woman’s death, is a serving officer posted in Vizag. Officially on leave, he is believed to have been illegally conducting skydiving camps throughout the country. Kumar had been recommended for two years’ rigorous imprisonment in 2011 after allegations of corruption and embezzlement against him — amounting to Rs 22 lakh — were first reported by The Indian Express in 2009. The officer had also been recommended for cashiering, but had obtained a stay order from the high court.
02/02/14 Manu Pubby/Indian Express
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Commander N Rajesh Kumar, who was arrested by the Tamil Nadu police following the woman’s death, is a serving officer posted in Vizag. Officially on leave, he is believed to have been illegally conducting skydiving camps throughout the country. Kumar had been recommended for two years’ rigorous imprisonment in 2011 after allegations of corruption and embezzlement against him — amounting to Rs 22 lakh — were first reported by The Indian Express in 2009. The officer had also been recommended for cashiering, but had obtained a stay order from the high court.
02/02/14 Manu Pubby/Indian Express
