*New Delhi:* Indian Army General noticed for ridiculing and humiliated ownsoldiers.
Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar (Retd) has has been alleged of ridiculing disabledsoldiers. However Indian Army has given him clean chit in response to alegal notice sent by a retired officer who threatened to file a Rs 1-croredefamation suit against Kumar.
Lt Col Niraj Bakshi (Retd) had sent a legal notice to Kumar over his“disparaging remarks” about the disability pension during an interview witha TV channel last month before his retirement. Kumar had sought to delinkwhat he termed lifestyle diseases from conditions or ailments that makepersonnel eligible for a disability pension.
Bakshi is a beneficiary of the disability pension.
In a legal response to Bakshi’s counsel, the Army said he is “liable to beproceeded against for making such disparaging remarks against a highranking uniformed officer”.
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“It is… false and mischievous to suggest that his statement wasirresponsible and in an abandoned manner,” said the response.
ThePrint had reportedlinkon6 November that Bakshi had said the former AG’s views were against theexpressed statement of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, statutoryprovisions, and judgments issued by high courts and the Supreme Court.
