<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Kerala Police to form a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a deputy inspector general rank officer to probe into allegations of wife-swapping among a group of Indian Navy officers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice T S Thakur declined a plea made by one accused Naval officer’s estranged wife for a CBI probe into the charges.<br /><br />“The facts and circumstances in which the offence is alleged to have been committed can be better investigated into by the state police,” the bench, also comprising Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit, said, after noticing the plea by Kerala Police that as many as 70 witnesses had already been examined by them.<br /><br />The Navy was rocked in 2013 by the shocking charges of wife-swapping when an officer’s wife accused her husband as well as five other naval officers — two captain and three lieutenant rank — posted at Kochi, and wife of one of the naval officers of sexual abuse. Subsequently, an FIR was registered by the Kerala Police against her husband and other officers.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Kerala Police to form a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a deputy inspector general rank officer to probe into allegations of wife-swapping among a group of Indian Navy officers.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A three-judge bench presided by Chief Justice T S Thakur declined a plea made by one accused Naval officer’s estranged wife for a CBI probe into the charges.<br /><br />“The facts and circumstances in which the offence is alleged to have been committed can be better investigated into by the state police,” the bench, also comprising Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit, said, after noticing the plea by Kerala Police that as many as 70 witnesses had already been examined by them.<br /><br />The Navy was rocked in 2013 by the shocking charges of wife-swapping when an officer’s wife accused her husband as well as five other naval officers — two captain and three lieutenant rank — posted at Kochi, and wife of one of the naval officers of sexual abuse. Subsequently, an FIR was registered by the Kerala Police against her husband and other officers.</p>