I was offered a bribe of Rs. 14 crore, says Army Chief

G

gopi_vbboy

Cyborg Agent
‘The country will soon see the sutradhar of the date of birth drama’

The Army Chief, General V.K. Singh, has alleged that an equipment lobbyist offered him a bribe of Rs. 14 crore, which he reported to Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony.

In a recent interview to The Hindu, General Singh spoke on a variety of issues, including the controversy surrounding his date of birth and the “shocking” state of affairs in the Army which had allowed the Chief to be offered a bribe.

The General said the lobbyist offered him the bribe in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. He said the vehicles, 7,000 of which were already in use in the Army, had been sold over the years at exorbitant prices with no questions asked. He said there was no proper facility where they could be serviced and maintained and yet they continued to be sold to the Army: “Just imagine, one of these men had the gumption to walk up to me and tell me that if I cleared the tranche, he would give me Rs. 14 crore. He was offering a bribe to me, to the Army Chief. He told me that people had taken money before me and they will take money after me.”

The Army chief said the brazenness of the act shocked him out of his wits. “I was shocked. If somebody comes and tells you, you will get so much, what can you do?” He said the man had recently retired from the Army, indicating how deeply entrenched the problem was.

The General said he went straight to Mr. Antony and reported the matter. “I told him, if you think I'm a misfit, I will walk out.”
‘Standards have fallen’

Asked what had brought the Army to the state where the Chief could be offered a bribe, he said: “Obviously somewhere our standards of probity and integrity have fallen.”

According to General Singh, it was because he had cracked down on corruption that he was targeted on his date of birth: “But things are fast unravelling and you will soon see the hand behind the drama. You will soon see who the sutradhar of the play is.”
Click to expand...

Source
 
prabhu.wali

prabhu.wali

prabhu.wali
There are no words to explain the amount fkin anger that m going thru,i mean where the fk are we heading?!!!2g scam,coal scam and now scam in the army,wish i had a nano suit to kill these mofos
 
T

Tech_Wiz

Wise Old Owl
..........What to say in **** like this? and basically when Antony asked him to take action against the briber why didn't he do it? Why all this is coming out as 1st May approaches?
 
jasku

jasku

In the zone
prabhu.wali said:
There are no words to explain the amount fkin anger that m going thru,i mean where the fk are we heading?!!!2g scam,coal scam and now scam in the army,wish i had a nano suit to kill these mofos
Click to expand...

Why though?..dont tell me you guys expected everything to be ethical and transparent in government contracts. Corruption has been prevalent in the defense sector for eons, Bofors case should ring a bell.
 
prabhu.wali

prabhu.wali

prabhu.wali
jasku said:
Why though?..dont tell me you guys expected everything to be ethical and transparent in government contracts. Corruption has been prevalent in the defense sector for eons, Bofors case should ring a bell.
Click to expand...

yh but how long can it go for,its after all for the security of the country and what can more important than that :-x
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom