Probe on into leaked letter on women commanding officers'

Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said the army has ordered a court of inquiry into how an internal communication by a three-star officer on the performance of eight women officers — it talked about several issues ostensibly plaguing units commanded by women in the eastern sector — was leaked, adding that several exceptions were made in appointing women as commanding officers (COs) following a Supreme Court order.

- Rahul Singh

NEW DELHI:

Dwivedi clarified that women officers were doing exceedingly well in the force and were "mature, considerate and kind." His comments came in response to a question on a corps commander shooting off a letter to the eastern army commander complaining about women COs on aspects ranging from officer management to a purportedly misplaced sense of entitlement, from a lack of empathy to an exaggerated tendency to complain, and from over-ambition to a lack of ambition.