Accused by Army Chief General VK Singh, retired Lt General moves HC

New Delhi: Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court requesting it to issue directions to the Government of India and the Indian Army to withdraw the March 6 press release in which he has says serious allegations were levelled against him. The petition calls for action against the five serving Army officers including Army Chief General VK Singh, who Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh claims abused their official position to make false allegations.

The other officers named Lieutenant General (Retired) Singh include Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General S Singh, Lieutenant General BS Thakur (Director General of Military Intelligence), Major General SL Narshiman (Additional Director General of Public Information) and Lieutenant Colonel Hitten Sawhney (Director, Media)

The media cell of the Army Headquarters issued a press release levelling serious allegations against him. He said it was alleged that he had managed all media reports and was also questioned for his alleged role in the purchase of off-the-air monitoring system.

The writ petition came a day after the court of metropolitan magistrate Sudesh Kumar took cognizance of the criminal defamation case filed by Lt Gen (retd) Singh against the Army Chief and four others. The court listed the matter for April 10 for recording pre-summoning evidence in the case.

The petition was filed after the Army Chief alleged that a lobbyist, who had just retired from the Army, offered him a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear the purchase of sub-standard vehicles for the defence forces.

In his defamation suit filed in the court, Lt Gen (retired) Singh had asked the court to summon and initiate proceedings against the Army Chief for making the 'libellous' statement against him in the media.

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