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The Indian Air Force has convened a trial by General Court Martial (GCM) of two senior officers for alleged lapses leading to an Mi-17 helicopter being shot down in friendly fire near Srinagar in February 2019 in the aftermath of the air strike on terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has upheld the court of inquiry instituted by the Air Force into an incident in which an Mi-17 helicopter was shot down near Srinagar airfield in February 2019.
Disposing of a petition of two IAF officers, the tribunal’s Bench, comprising Justice Rajendra Menon and Lt Gen PM Hariz, today held that the court of inquiry had been correctly convened by the competent authority as per the provisions of the relevant Air Force orders.
Group Captain SR Chowdhury, who was then posted as the Chief Operations Officer, and Wing Commander Shyam Naithani, then the Senior Air Traffic Controller at Srinagar Air Force Station, had contended that the terms of reference of the court of inquiry were contrary to relevant Air Force orders. The chopper was accidently shot down by an IAF missile in February 2019, killing six personnel, during Pakistan hostility following the Balakote episode. TNS