The just retired Army Chief General V K Singh may find himself embroiled in inquiries into some of his bold acts while in the service.
The first such inquiry has been ordered by Union Defence Minister A K Antony on a complaint by retired Lt General Tejinder Singh, former director general of the Defence Intelligence Agency, seeking action against the general for issuing a press communique by the Army Headquarters allegedly defaming him.
Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma has been asked to look into the charges levelled by Tejinder Singh, who has knocked the doors of the court without success as he was told to exhaust the remedy already available in the system.
Sharma will probe if the strict army rules pertaining to interaction with media have been violated in the communique issued accusing the retired officer of planting false reports in the media on tapping of phones of the defence minister and other defence officials using the "off-the-air interceptors."
Sources said although no time limit has been fixed for completing the inquiry but the defence secretary has been asked to examine the complaint as soon as possible. They also denied any witch-hunting, pointing out that the probe was ordered a day before the general retired and not afterwards.
In his complaint, Tejinder Singh has pointed out that the Delhi high court was told that the press release was issued on March 5 after approval from the "highest level" in the Army Headquarters, which means by then Army Chief V K Singh.
The government also told the court on May 24 that it had neither issued nor approved the said press release.
