A Junior Warrant Officer (JWO) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is facing a General Court Martial for cutting cables of auto pilot junction box of an MI-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Sarsawa, on the Haryana-UP border.
The JWO is facing five charges under various provisions of the Air Force Act and the court martial is in progress. Two charges have been levelled against the JWO under Section 62(a) of the Air Force Act, 1950, wherein he has been accused of wilfully damaging aircraft material belonging to the government. The charge against him reads that at Air Force Station Sarsawa,
