A Major General who was in charge of all army supplies in the Northern Command has come under the scanner after he was reportedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a local contractor. A court of inquiry has been ordered against the officer — Maj Gen V K Sharma, the Major General Army Supply Corps (MG ASC) of the Northern Command.
Sources said the Northern Command received several complaints against the officer, mostly from contractors who accused him of demanding favours in return for awarding contracts. Given the serious nature of the complaints and the senior rank of the officer, an operation was carried out by Army authorities to probe the matter.
According to reports, the officer was caught red-handed in a possible “sting operation” involving a contractor. “A court of inquiry has been ordered into allegations of financial impropriety against Maj Gen Sharma,” confirmed a senior Army HQ officer, denying that the officer has been placed under detention.
Maj Gen Sharma was in charge of supplies for the vital Northern Command, which has the largest number of soldiers deployed for counter insurgency and border duties. The command procures crores worth of rations and supplies for soldiers posted at the Siachen glacier, Kargil, the Kashmir valley and along the Line of Control.
The quality of food supplied to soldiers in the Northern Command had also come under the scanner in 2010 after an audit report revealed that troops were getting food that is unfit for human consumption and at times is more than two years beyond the expiry date.
Just recently, in another case, the Army had ordered a court of inquiry on allegations, levelled against a brigadier posted in New Delhi, that he had not returned money borrowed from his subordinates when on a previous posting in the north-east.
In the past few years, several senior Army officers have faced serious allegations of corruption ranging from alleged irregularities in the procurement of dry rations, operation of a meat contract, and sale of liquor and were also indicted by Courts of Inquiry earlier in these cases.
In previous cases, the government had, a few years ago, named a Lieutenant General, a Major General and two Brigadiers as being among the officers indicted by a court of inquiry instituted to look into alleged irregularities in procurement of dry rations.
The ministry of defence (MoD), a few years ago, had also named another lieutenant general and a brigadier as being among the officers indicted by a court of inquiry instituted to enquire into alleged irregularities in the operation of a frozen meat contract for the Ladakh sector in the Army’s Northern Command.
In yet another case in previous years, the government had also named a major general and four brigadiers as being among the officers indicted by a court of inquiry in the sale of liquor and financial irregularities.
-via Financial Express
They are part of the BABA , BAPU, SWAMI , SRI SRI 420, ASATYA SAI, NITRANAND etc. Our 36 Crores Goddesses in Gucci and Gods without mustaches love to flaunt their ill-gotten wealths.They do mind encroaching each and every prime locations of the country.None bothers to discourage corrupt to the core entering the temples or Gurdwaras or Church or a mosque to donate diamond studded gold crowns. Rather it becomes a status symbol for that Minor God which attracts more such corrupt to the core white collared Maoists.
So there is no point of making holier than thou out of those defence officials.They have all paid money to enter the Armed forces and eveready to grab whatever is not theirs.
Let the law of land takes its own course.
Corrupt & crooks move up hand & glove for loot . Honest deserving officer are not allowed to go up by these crooks. They make sure col[selection] who should be in hag grade as per 6th cpc [as ias/ips selection reach this grade]is not given this .although air force & navy was in favour,but these general rejected due to selfish gain. Even now col[selection] is not in hag scale where as in ias/ips even a time scale reaches lt gen scale. Col[s] is a commanding officer of troops ,the highest officer in direct contact with troops. If his morale is in boots these general will be rest assured can not win any war. See kargil war[ it was not a war as two armies never came face to face] it was re-control of few posts & 9 plus divisions were moved. Corp cdr playing golf,coas roaming in other countries ,col & below getting killed.what these corrupt general will do in full fledged war.
These goons must be handed out severest of the punishment… they r a shame not only for the Army but the whole nation. They r putting even the retired officers and men to shame.. a noble profession cannot be permitted to be hijacked by these culprits. That such cases r being repeated at regular intervals only implies that the punishments being handed out r not severe enough…
ATTACH ALL THEIR PROPERTIES MOVABLE/IMMOVABLE.CASHIER FROM SERVICE .TRY AS WAR CRIMINAL & GIVE DEATH PENALITY
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We have seen like this cases ,for few days some noise will create and afterwords this major General will get promotion and he will be the top most procurement officer of the Army .
And due to this Army will make more strict on the poor soldiers, by restricting the rations , liquors, leave etc.
Definitely they will stop all the loopholes of how this informations are leaked out and next time on words it should not to be leaked out at any cost .
and same thing will be repeated…………..
They are the most corrupt people in the world, do not even leave the ration of jawans.
just see the guts the General has got in this present environment where even the most corrupt are beware of anti-corruption agencies.How do they get so careless? it is because in their own circle no one dares to question the Cols that they are taking additional ration more than their entitlement. and hence their the CoLs when become Gen they think it is very easy to take the bribe from a contractor. Actually they need lessons in such things. Just see how in civil just gulp crores do not even *******.
POOR RATION FOR OFFICER & MEN. CAKE FOR HIMSELF. SEND HIM HOME . ALL HIS PROPERTY BE TAKEN AWAY. CASHIER HIM & JAIL