Defence Ministry asks Army to provide security to TSD officer

Defence Ministry has asked the Army headquarters to provide security to the former commanding officer of the controversial Technical Support Division after his wife feared threat to his life.
Wife of Col Hunny Bakshi, the former CO of TSD, wrote to Defence Ministry A K Antony saying there is a threat to his life from terror groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba and Pakistani intelligence agencies.
The letter to the Defence Minister was written after leakage of a report by the Army Headquarters about the activities of the unit.
The report contained information about the anti-terror operations conducted by the unit when it was operational, sources in the Army said.

The Defence Ministry has directed the Army headquarters to take steps to provide security to the CO and his family members last week.
The level of security cover would be based upon the threat perception assessed by the Intelligence Bureau to the persons concerned, they said.

Other persons connected with TSD, which includes former Army Chief Gen V K Singh, may also get security cover in future, if any need was felt, the sources said.
The Army Headquarters has already taken steps in this direction, they said.
Gen V K Singh was given Z Plus security cover till early this year, but it was withdrawn after the security review by the government agencies concerned.

In her letter to the Defence Minister, Col Bakshi's wife has said that after the leakage of the contents of the report, "people's lives have been put at risk, including that of my husband. He may now be hunted down by various terrorist organisations like LeT or by operatives of the Pakistani intelligence services.
"Will you please take action to provide security to me and my family who we feel are under threat from various terrorist organisations after these leaks, or will you wait till we are eliminated," she said.
The controversial TSD was set up during the tenure of Gen V K Singh and was disbanded by the Army soon after the change of guard in May, 2012.