Avijit Misra
Person
1962 –
Who is Avijit Misra?
Avijit Misra born April 3, 1962 is an Indian Army Colonel from Pandapara, Kalibari, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. In April 2012, he shot to national limelight in India when the Kolkata bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal acquitted him of all charges earlier decided by a General Court Martial in 2006. The Armed Forces Tribunal, Kolkata Bench, also ordered that Misra be reinstated. An officer of 26 Rajput Regiment, Colonel Misra was fired from service and sent to one year rigorous imprisonment for the crime — blowing the whistle over problems in the unit, while he was posted at the sensitive Zimithang sector, Arunachal Pradesh, on the Sino-Indian border in 2003.
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