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New Delhi: The army insisted yesterday that none of its officers deployed on a UN mission were involved in a rape in South Africa even as an official said that Defence Minister A.K. Antony had ordered a probe.
An army officer rubbished a media report that claimed a lieutenant colonel and two majors posted with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo were involved in a rape while vacationing at the Plettenberg Bay resort in Pretoria.
The officers have since returned to Congo.
"It is clarified that the concerned officers actually averted being harassed by some antisocial elements who tried to extract money from them," the officer said on condition of anonymity. "The South African police intervened promptly and, after finding the accusation of rape untrue, did not charge the officers with any offence. The complainant also withdrew her allegation."
When the incident came to light, Antony asked for a report as a South African delegation was due to visit the country, he said.
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