A 26-year-old Flight Lieutenant in the Indian Air Force has been arrested by police in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore after a 27-year-old female officer complained of sexual assault.
She said she had been forced to go to the police because she was not satisfied with action taken by the IAF after her original complaint about two weeks ago.
The woman, who had travelled to the Air Force College for training, said the assault took place inside her room at the Air Force Administrative College in Coimbatore's Redfields.
According to her statement she injured herself while playing a sport. She then took some medication before going to sleep in her room. She woke up later that to find she had been sexually assaulted.
Police said they had acted only after having been told the woman officer was unhappy with the Air Force's handling of her complaint.
An all-women team from the city's Gandhipuram Police Station carried out the initial investigation.
The arrested officer, who is a native of Chhattisgarh, has been remanded to the Udumalapet Jail.
He had surrendered to the district judge.
However, a lawyer representing the accused has underlined police do not have jurisdiction in matters relating to armed forces personnel.
Such cases can only be heard by a defense court, the lawyer said.
Police have said the issue of jurisdiction is being discussed
IAF Agniveervayu Recruitment 2025: Registration To Begin From January 7, Check Details Fact Check: Videos Of Indian Air Force Aircraft Crash Shared As Syria's Assad's Plane IAF AFCAT 1 Exam 2025: Registration For 336 Vacancies Begins On December 2, Check Details "Intention To Dupe UPSC": Ex-IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Denied Pre-Arrest Bail "Congress Should Be Ready...": Mani Shankar Aiyar's Big INDIA Bloc Remark 3 Marriages, Rs 1.25 Crore: How 'Looting Bride' Targeted Rich Men More Than Half Of Kolkata's Iconic Yellow Taxis To Be Off Roads In 2025 Data Exclusivity Anti Poor, Anti-Farmer, Anti Self-Reliance: Ashwani Mahajan Year Ender 2024: What Donald Trump's Return To White House Means For World Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.