The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided the residence of former Research and Analysis Wing official Maj Gen (retired) V K Singh after registering a case against him under the Official Secrets Act.
CBI sources said the case was registered against Singh, a former joint secretary in the external intelligence agency, on the advice of the Cabinet Secretariat for allegedly disclosing in his book certain secret information he had dealt with during his tenure in RAW.
Agency officials were tight-lipped about the development though sources said some CBI officials were questioning Singh at his residence on the outskirts of the national capital.
Singh had irked some quarters in the government with his book India's External Intelligence: Secrets of RAW, which hit the stands a few months ago.
The book spoke about alleged political interference and corruption in the intelligence agency, including claims about the purchase of sub-standard telecom equipment meant for VVIP security.
The book claimed there were severe lapses on part of the government that facilitated the escape of senior RAW official Rabinder Singh, who is believed to have fled to the US.
It also questioned the wisdom of the previous NDA government in releasing to then Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif a taped conversation between Gen Pervez Musharraf and a senior army official, Gen Mohammed Aziz, during the Kargil conflict.
"The raid on the author is an open exploitation and torture of an honest, brave and bold officer as well as of literary circles. All writers and officers from all the services must join together to oppose this unfair activity of the government," said Vivek Garg of Manas Publication, the publisher of Singh's book.
CBI sleuths left red-faced:
CBI sleuths were left red-faced when they knocked on the wrong door in search for former RAW official V K Singh.
Officials of the country's premier investigating agency, however, claimed they were provided the wrong address for Singh by the Cabinet Secretariat.
While the CBI did not officially comment on the faux pas, sources in the agency's Special Crime unit said the sleuths entered the wrong house to carry out the raid.
Teams left CBI headquarters for their destination -- Singh's residence at Patpargunj in east Delhi. The man on whose door they knocked, also named V K Singh and also a former RAW official, informed the CBI team that he was not the person they were looking for.
The sleuths had to beat a hasty retreat when they realised they had made a mistake.
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