Corruption case: Maj Gen under the scanner

The Army has been hit by yet another corruption case with a Major General coming under the scanner for alleged financial irregularities during his stint at the Udhampur-based Northern Command.

Sources said the Maj Gen belonging to the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) has been asked to appear before an ongoing Court of Inquiry (CoI) against a Colonel.

The CoI was ordered after allegations of misappropriation of funds through forged bills surfaced in the Northern Command.

However, the Army Headquarters maintained that the Maj Gen has been summoned by the CoI only to appear as a witness and there was no separate investigation against him.

The sources said the Colonel has claimed that he was only following the instructions of the Maj Gen.

Another Maj Gen of the Army Services Corps in the Northern Command is facing a Court of Inquiry (CoI) for allegedly accepting bribe from a local contractor in supplies for formations deployed in Siachen and Jammu and Kashmir.

In the last few years, the Army has seen a number of corruption cases involving Lt Gen-rank officers of which three have been court martialled already.