Two Indian Army former Chiefs named in corruption probe
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Two former Indian army chiefs — General NC Vij and General Deepak Kapoor — and several other retired military officials have been named by a high-level inquiry committee appointed by the defence ministry for their alleged complicity in the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai.
The probe panel also mentioned three retired Lt Generals — GS Sihota, Tejinder Singh and Shantanu Choudhary — and four Major Generals — AR Kumar, VS Yadav, TK Kaul and RK Hooda — in its over 100-page report, citing a range of violations and irregularities.
The apartments in a tony part of town in Mumbai were meant for the families of Kargil heroes. But army officers, politicians and bureaucrats were allegedly alloted flats in violation of the rules.
Seen as a symbol of corruption, the Adarsh scam had kicked up a huge political storm after it surfaced in 2010, leading to the resignation of then Congress chief minister Ashok Chavan.
Sources said the defence ministry report is a validation of the findings of a Court of Inquiry by the Army in 2011 which had probed the roles of a number of military officials in the scam.
According to the findings of the probe, Gen Vij appeared to have provided a “protective umbrella” towards efforts in facilitating the “alienation of the land in question”.