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Army denies receiving Brig Singh's letter

The army headquarters again clarified today and asserted that it had not received any letter from Brig Surinder Singh, ex-commander of the 121 (i) Infantry Brigade, warning against enhanced threat to some places in Kargil sector from across the LoC. It described as ''completely out of context'' reports appearing in a section of the media.

A statement issued by the army headquarters said the only letter received by the Chief Of Army Staff, through his military assistant, from Brig Surinder Singh was after his (Brig Singh's) removal from the command of the brigade. Brig Singh had, in the Letter, represented against his removal.

In the letter, Brig Surinder Singh had attached several annexures of his correspondence with his divisional headquarters, the statement said. It had already been handed over to the K Subrahmanyam Committee set up to look into the matter. The weekly Outlook, in its recent edition, has published some letters purportedly written by Brig Surinder Singh to the COAS warning against enemy threat to various sectors in Kargil including Marpola, Mushkoh, Kaobali, Tololing, Kaksar, Bhimbat, Batalik and Yaldor which were the scene of action recently. Although the government and the army have consistently denied that any such letter was received by them, Brig Singh has stuck to his version. Nevertheless, a commission of inquiry - K Subrahmanyam Commission -- has been set up to look into the matter.

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