“Court docket of Inquiry by IAF is underway to determine the circumstances resulting in the dying of the UTFO,” the IAF stated in a press release on Sunday evening.
The trainee officer joined the IAF in February 2021 and was coaching at AFTC. His coaching had been terminated on September 20, 2022, the IAF stated.
“Termination of coaching was the results of suggestions made by a Court docket of Inquiry (COI), which was instituted following a criticism by a fellow girl trainee officer in opposition to the UTFO on 30 June 2022. It had been established that the UFTO had dedicated sure acts of misconduct. The inquiry proceedings have been duly examined at a number of ranges earlier than being authorized at Air HQ, as per established process on the topic,” the IAF stated in a press release.
A police investigation into the suspected case of suicide is at the moment underway. A autopsy report into the dying is anticipated on Monday.
Ankit’s brother Aman had filed a criticism in opposition to six senior AFTC officers, together with an Air Commodore, two Group Captains, and two Wing Commanders, on Thursday, accusing them of homicide and tampering with proof.
Ankit was discovered useless in an unoccupied hostel room on the AFTC in a suspected case of suicide on the afternoon of September 21, the day he was to be discharged from service.