Army captain tortures wife, forces her to run naked

Army court-martials him, promotes wife, who is also an officer.

Army captain tortures wife, forces her to run naked

Army court-martials him, promotes wife, who is also an officer.u00a0

Date: the intervening night of June 1 and 2, 2006
Location: Allahabad Cantonment
Situation: a husband abuses his wife, drives her out of the house stark naked. Later, tries to strangulate her
The abuser: Captain Anant Prakash Dixit
The victim: an Army captain (identity withheld to protect her)

It couldn't have been worse than this. The barbaric incident of marital abuse, inflicted by one serving officer on another of the same rank, shocked the Indian Armed forces, known for its high standards of discipline.

The Army top brass court-martialled the abuser, Captain Anant Prakash Dixit, and put him under detention, and in a humanitarian gesture, promoted the victim to the rank of a Major.

The victim, a captain in the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) battalion, has been posted to an undisclosed location.

When contacted, senior Army officers were tight-lipped about the issue. However, the chargesheet filed by the Army, a copy of which is with the MiDDAY, mentions that "Capt Dixit drove his wife, of 606 Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Battalion, out of his house stark naked."

Thirty-three-year-old Dixit was found guilty and after a thorough investigation, the Army decided to court-martial him.

Sources said that the accused officer was court-martialled in December last year.
"Dixit was accused of torturing and assaulting his wife, who is now a major in the Army.u00a0 The Army had registered five charges against him. Strict action has been taken against the accused as per the military court," said a senior official from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to make a statement.

To escape punishment, Capt Dixit even tried to commit suicide in October last year by stabbing himself with a knife. He underwent treatment for depression. However, the medical report found him fit to undergo court-martial proceedings.

The incident

Captain Dixit, for whom torturing his wife was a part of his daily routine, landed himself in trouble on June 2, 2006, when he tried to strangulate his wife.

The captain, who joined the Indian Army as a Short Service Commission (SSC) officer, was commissioned into 23 Medium Regiment and was posted at Allahabad with his wife.

According to the chargesheet, the first offence by Captain Dixit was registered in May 2006, when he slapped his wife so hard that her ear drum was damaged. "There was a perforation in her left eardrum," said the chargesheet.

The second and third offences were registered in June 2006, when Dixit fractured his wife's nasal bone and forced her to run naked in the night. However, that wasn't the end. Captain Dixit again assaulted his wife a few days later and this time besides physically torturing her, he tried to strangulate her. He was booked for attempt to murder for the crime.

Sources said that the case was reported to the senior authorities and an inquiry was initiated.

Psycho
To escape punishment, Capt Dixit even tried to commit suicide in October last year by stabbing himself with a knife. He underwent treatment for depression. However, the medical report found him fit to undergo court-martial proceedings.