A preliminary autopsy report into the demise of a 27-year-old underneath trainee flying officer (UTFO) who’s suspected to have died by suicide at an Air Power Technical Faculty (AFTC) hostel in Bengaluru on September 21 has cited hanging as the reason for demise.
The trainee flying officer, Ankit Kumar Jha, 27, was to be discharged from service on the day he discovered useless following a Court docket of Inquiry into the allegations of misconduct in opposition to him levelled by a fellow lady trainee officer, the IAF stated in an announcement.
The report was submitted by a authorities hospital to the Gangamangudi police in north Bengaluru on Monday. The report cites ligature marks on the neck, suggesting demise by hanging.
“The autopsy report is preliminary and topic to chemical and forensic evaluation. The ultimate report just isn’t but carried out. A ultimate report can be there after the forensic evaluation. We’ve to attend to verify the reason for demise,” stated a senior police officer accustomed to the investigations.
Following the demise of UTFO Ankit Kumar Jha, 27, a homicide case was registered in opposition to senior IAF officers on the idea of a grievance filed by Aman Jha, the brother of the deceased, on September 22.
Amongst these booked had been Air Commodore, two Group Captains, and two Wing Commanders. The IAF has, in the meantime, ordered a Court docket of Inquiry into the demise of Ankit.
“A Court docket of Inquiry by the IAF is underway to determine the circumstances resulting in the demise of the UTFO. On September 24, his kin visited the AFTC. They had been briefed in regards to the incident,” the IAF stated in an official assertion on Sunday.
“The deceased UTFO had joined IAF in February 2021 and was present process coaching on the AFTC. His coaching had been terminated on September 20, 2022, after informing his father of the identical. Termination of coaching was the results of suggestions made by a Court docket of Inquiry (COI), which was instituted following a grievance by a fellow lady trainee officer in opposition to the UTFO on June 30, 2022,” the IAF stated.
“It had been established that the UFTO had dedicated sure acts of misconduct. The inquiry proceedings had been duly examined at a number of ranges earlier than being authorised at Air HQ, as per established process on the topic,” the IAF assertion stated.