Srinagar
In a setback to Major Littul Gogoi, against whom an Army Court of Inquiry has already recommended disciplinary action, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, has directed the J&K Police to further investigate the hotel incident.

The court observed that the investigation in the matter had been conducted in a casual manner without ascertaining the real facts.

Major Gogoi was detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police on May 23 from a Srinagar hotel, along with a local woman and another soldier.

The woman detained along with Major Gogoi was 19 and had gone with the officer of her own volition, Jammu and Kashmir Police had said; hence, no police case was made out.

However, the Army rules did not allow Gogoi to be let off without punishment.