Anjali Gupta, first female officer to be court martialled in India
New Delhi: Flying Officer Anjali Gupta was an officer in the Indian Air Force. She was the first female officer in India to be court martialled. A military court had found her guilty of indiscipline
The IAF's charges against Anjali included fudging bills for allowances, 'behaviour unbecoming of an officer in throwing a breakfast parcel meant for a senior officer' and not reporting for duty.
Anjali's bank officer father and schoolteacher mother Uma Gupta live in Delhi. During the course of the trial, Uma Gupta told the media her husband had had a paralytic attack and that Anjali was not allowed to meet her ailing father.