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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Armsgate: Is CBI shielding VVIP sons-in-law


By-MADHAV NALAPAT
he CBI is wary of opening an enquiry into certain decisions made by Lt-Gen Dalbir Suhag,whose date of birth has ensured that he will succeed Lt-General Bikramjit Singh as Chief of Army Staff within three years. Part of the reason may be the fact that such an investigation could lead to the examination of past procurement decisions taken by an intelligence agency of the government. A previous head of that agency
was known for doubtful ethics,and succeeded in destroying much of the esprit d'corps in his organisation during his tenure at the top. This gentleman owed his position to a prominent political family.Were the complaint forwarded by Chief of Army Staff V K Singh to be corrrectly investigated by the CBI , attention may get focussed on procurement decisions taken by this former head of the intelligence agency (now
deceased) and at least two of his then subordinates,thereby angering their political backers. Although the CBI is nominally under the PM, because of his influence over promotions and postings of IPS cadre officers,Home Minister P Chidambaram has a decisive -if recessed -influence over its functioning.

Within the UPA,senior ministers such as A K Antony and Pranab Mukherjee have been encouraged by Sonia Gandhi to take up assignments which are overtly political in nature,as have two other Congress heavyweights within the Union Cabinet, P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal. Hence it is unsurprising that decisions may get taken on grounds other than administrative expediency. Interestingly,the very department which  supervises the intelligence agency sought to be shielded from a CBI  probe was the one tasked with "investigating" complaints against Lt-Gen Suhag. This is the Cabinet Secretariat,which in effect probed its own actions. Not unexpectedly,it gave the Lt-General a clean chit,and this exoneration has been seized upon by the CBI to reject General V K Singh's request for a comprehensive probe into allegations of malfeasance against his subordinate, a decision that must have the concurrence of ministers P Chidambaram and A K Antony,both of whom are respectful of the need for loyal ministers to hew close to the wishes of the Congress High Command.

According to officers unhappy with the CBI's hesitant response to General V K Singh's request for a thorough probe, the reason why the agency is "paralysed from taking action" is because some transactions "involve companies whose lobbyists have extensive contact with a prominent political son-in-law". They claim that even during the NDA regime,these companies "had extensive dealings with another son-in-law",which - according to them - is why Opposition parties too seem to unwilling to challenge the CBI's refusal to probe charges forwarded by the Chief of Army Staff. "The old son-in-law is in touch with the young son-in-law,and both want to make sure that their friends in government  not be inconvenienced ",an officer claimed,adding that " investigation into the Tatra deal will turn out to be an eyewash" because of the alleged influence of the two (unnamed) sons-in-law of two prominent politicians based in Delhi. According to this source,Tatra chief Ravi Rishi is " known to both the old and the young in-law" as also to those members of the armed forces who are in the line of fire of General Singh.The Tatra chief is known to be a considerate host,especially on travels abroad of friends and well-wishers,and this quality has won him many friends in both North as well as South Block.

These sources claim that the leak of the Chief of Army Staff's letter to the PM "was made by arms lobbyists who got the letter from a source in a government department". The purpose,according to them,was twofold. First,to implicate General V K Singh in the leak,most likely naming his daughter as the source. Next, to "create a climate for crash purchases of equipment such as took place after Kargil".They claim that it was "on the advice of the Home Minister that Defense Minister Antony asked for an Intelligence Bureau investigation into the leak" when - according to these officers - "key personnel in a related department were themselves responsible" for the missive becoming public. No proof was offered for such claims,and it is therefore not possible to accept that "those leaking the letter are colleagues of those investigating the leak".

There is also no evidence to show that it was Chidambaram who suggested an IB enquiry to Antony, or that the IB will do anything other than a professional job in investigating the leak,despite reports alleging that Director IB Nehchal Sandhu - known to be a very competent officer - is a "buddy" of a Lt-General who has been in the media recently for reasons less than savoury.Others claim that the DIB is a "close family  friend" of a retired general accused by an admirer of General V K Singh of having "masterminded the entire Date of Birth controversy" for collateral reasons.This general has,however,maintaned a dignified silence throughout the controversy.

The CBI's record predisposes the public to believe the worst about the agency. So pervasive is public anger about graft that key officials expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that a comprehensive probe get conducted into the charges forwarded by General Singh,rather  than be ignored by the agency,simply because an interested wing of the Government of India gave itself a clean chit in the matter. Since Kargil in 1999, too many reports have been in circulation about the involvement of a handful of senior military personnel in graft and 7-star lifestyles for themselves and their close relatives.These lifestyles and the decisions which may possibly have facilitated them need to be probed in a transparent manner.

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Anonymous said...

looks like this Gen suhag is one of the corrupt officials in the Indian army and has been gaining rank only because he is a ass licker and money siphoning gen and someone is trying to shield him because if he is revealed .... some one else will be out from hiding too.... you are so right in your analysis. good one !

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