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{{short description|Indian Air Force officer}}
{{confused|text=the Indian actress [[Anjalie Gupta]] and Hindi television actress Anjali Gupta}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
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| name = Anjali Gupta
| image = Anjali Gupta IAF.jpg
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|1970|05|12|df=y}}
|death_date={{Death date and age|2011|09|11|1970|05|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| allegiance = [[India]]
| serviceyears = 2001–2006
| rank = [[File:Flying Officer of IAF.png|20px]] [[Flying Officer]]
| unit = [[Indian Air Force Test Pilot School|Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment]], [[Karnataka]]
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'''Flying Officer Anjali Gupta''' was an [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) officer who served in Air Force from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female officer in [[India]] and in the Air Force to be [[Court martial|court martialled]].<ref>{{cite news|date=25 April 2005|title=Court martial for air force woman|publisher=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4481133.stm|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref> She was working at the [[Indian Air Force Test Pilot School|Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment]] in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|date=28 April 2005|title=IAF inquiry into Gupta case|url=http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/27iaf.htm|accessdate=13 September 2011|publisher=rediff NEWS}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Anjali Gupta was born in [[Delhi]] to schoolteacher mother, Umand Gupta, and a bank officer father. Anjali was the second of three sisters. Anjali completed her graduation and post-graduation in [[Psychology]] and also had an [[M.Phil.]] in [[Psychology]] from [[Delhi University]]. She joined IAF through Short Service Commission (SSC) officer in the Education branch and was first posted at [[Belgaum]], [[Karnataka]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 December 2005|title=Air force fires prickly Anjali- Cloud remains over court martial|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051209/asp/frontpage/story_5578673.asp|accessdate=10 December 2011|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> <ref name="rediff20052">{{cite web|date=8 December 2005|title=IAF Anjali Gupta: The woman who rocked the Indian Air Force|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/dec/08anjali1.htm|accessdate=13 September 2011|publisher=rediff NEWS}}</ref>

== Allegations of harassment ==
In February 2005, Anjali Gupta filed a case against three of her superiors at a police station in Bangalore. The police asked her to resolve the issue with her superiors. Anjali Gupta later approached the [[Karnataka High Court]], demanding an enquiry by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]].<ref name="rediff20052" /> A few days after Anjali Gupta alleged in a TV interview that she was a victim of [[sexual harassment]] at the workplace, [[General court-martial|General Court Martial]] (GCM) proceedings against her were initiated.

== Trial and dismissal ==
She was placed under house arrest after she made a statement before the Karnataka State Commission for Women that she "''is on the verge of taking her life''" because of alleged harassment by her superiors. IAF administration had her examined by a panel of psychiatrists comprising doctors from [[National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences]] and Institute of Aerospace Medicine. She was later admitted to Command Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 Jun 2005|title=Anjali Gupta released|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060315202000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115191611/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060315202000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> Falsely claiming travel allowance and throwing a breakfast parcel of her senior's were among the fifteen offenses she was initially accused of. In the final chargesheet, the number of charges was reduced to seven.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 Jun 2005|title=Flight Of The Dove|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?227613|accessdate=14 September 2011|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref>

Anjali Gupta was dismissed from service in 2005 after a five-member General Court Martial (GCM) jury convicted her of misappropriating funds, insubordination and failure to report for duty.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 September 2011|title=Dismissed Indian air force officer found dead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14877492|accessdate=13 September 2011|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

== Death ==
On 11 September 2011, Anjali Gupta was found hanging at a relative's home in [[Bhopal]].<ref>{{cite web|date=12 September 2011|title=Court martialled IAF officer commits suicide|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/court-martialled-female-iaf-officer-commits-suicide-132943|accessdate=5 September 2011|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=13 September 2011|title=A spirited life extinguished|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2448547.ece|accessdate=13 September 2011|publisher=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Police have detained her former colleague Group Captain Amit Gupta for questioning over her alleged suicide. Anjali Gupta's parents have informed the media that Group Captain Amit Gupta and Anjali were in a relationship and living together.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 September 2011|title=Anjali Gupta suicide: 'IAF officer held was under surveillance'|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anjali-gupta-suicide-iaf-officer-under-surveillance/1/151234.html|accessdate=17 September 2011|publisher=[[India Today]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]

Anjali Gupta - Revision history

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