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Former Army Chief General VK Singh summoned in defamation case | A Delhi Court has
summoned former Army Chief General VK Singh in connection with the defamation
case filed against him by Retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. Four other
officers were also summoned by the court on July 20. On March 5 this year, the
Indian Army in an official statement had said that retired General Tejinder Singh,
who had allegedly benefitted from the Adarsh Housing scam, was not only planting
reports in the media but had even tried to bribe the Army Chief for clearing a
file relating to purchase of a tranche of 600 sub-standard Tatra trucks. The court
had earlier said it would pass an order only after going through the file relating
to the publication of the Army's March 5 press release. The court had earlier
said it was "prima facie" satisfied that the March 5 press release was defamatory
as serious allegation of "bribery" has been made against Tejinder Singh, who had
a long and distinguished career in the Army. Besides General Singh, Tejinder Singh
has also named Vice Chief of Army Staff SK Singh, Lt Gen BS Thakur (DG MI), Major
General SL Narshiman (Additional Director General of Public Information) and Lt
Col Hitten Sawhney, accusing them of misusing their official positions, power
and authority to level false charges against him.
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