Former Army chief V K Singh under scrutiny for 'trying to topple J&K govt'

The Indian Express report claims a special unit in the Army was set up for the same

Former Army chief General V K Singh is under scrutiny yet again. According to The Indian Express, he had set up a special unit in the Army which tried to topple the Jammu and Kashmir government.

 

The newspaper report claims a secret Board of Officers inquiry has recommended the CBI looks into the matter. The report also claims the unit set up by General Singh called the Technical Services Division (TSD), a part of Military Intelligence, tried to block General Bikram Singh's promotion.

 

Reacting to the reports, General V K Singh on Thursday said, "This is simple vendetta as some people are not comfortable with me sharing the dais with Narendra Modi to espouse the cause of ex-servicemen in the country."

He said if anyone has recommended a probe into the functioning of the unit, then that person is "talking through his hat" as its operations were meant to be secret.

"The timing of the news in IE concerning General V K Singh is intriguing! It is: Puncture the messenger,somehow! (Am not on merits of the case)," former IPS Kiran Bedi tweeted.