The chief of Army Staff, General VK Singh, on Wednesday said that the army had taken action against retired Major-General R K Hooda, former General Officer (Commanding) for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa area, who was allotted a flat in the controversial Adarsh housing society.
"The commission on inquiry (CoI) has punished General Hooda for not performing his duty on certain issues in the Adarsh case. As a result, Hooda lost his promotion (as Lt General). Another CoI has been set up to inquire about the transfer of defence land at Kandivli; a report is expected at the earliest. Action will be taken against those officers, however high-ranking they might be, for not doing their duty," Singh said.
The army chief was responding to a query from TOI as to whether the army has taken inspiration from Anna Hazare, an ex-army man, to clean up the system. "Anna is a good man. I would not like to comment further. So far as the army is concerned, I have maintained that we want to clean up the system. This will continue," Singh said.
Singh is in Mumbai for a two-day visit. Earlier, he gave a keynote address, "Indigenization of army supplies", at an event organized by the All India Association of Industries.
In its March 13 edition, TOI had mentioned that a three-man CoI, headed by Lieutenant-General J S Rawat, commandant of the Intelligence School in Pune, did not find any evidence of Hooda misleading superiors about the fact that the land did not belong to the army. However, Hooda was issued a show-cause notice for failing to inform the army headquarters that he has taken a Rs 30-lakh bank loan and withdrawn Rs 5 lakh from his provident fund to pay for the Adarsh flat. n the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Chief of the Army Staff General VK Singh on Wednesday said that the Army had taken action against retired Major General (then serving) R K Hooda, former General Officer Commanding for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa area and one of the allottees in the 31-storey building.
"The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has punished General Hooda for not performing his duty on certain issues in the Adarsh case. As a result of which the officer lost his promotion (as Lt General). Another CoI has been set up to inquire transfer of defence land at Kandivali and where, a report is expected at the earliest. Action too will be taken against those officers, however high ranking they might be for not doing their duty," Singh said.
The army chief was responding to a query from ToI to whether the Army had taken any inspiration from Anna Hazare, an ex-army man to clean up the system. "Anna is a good man. I would not like to comment further. So far as the army is concerned, I have maintained that we want to clean up the system. This will continue," said Singh.
Singh is in Mumbai for a two-day visit - the first time after he took over as army chief in 2010. Earlier, he gave a keynote address on "Indigenisation of Army Supplies" at a interactive organized by the All India Association of Industries.
ToI in their March 13 edition had mentioned that a three man CoI headed by Lieutenant General J S Rawat, commandant of the Intelligence School in Pune did not find any evidence of Hooda misleading superiors on the fact that the land did not belong to the army. The former GOC however, was issued a show-cause notice for failing to inform the army headquarters that he had taken a Rs 30-lakh bank loan and withdrawn Rs 5 lakh from the provident fund (PF) to pay for the Adarsh flat.
"The commission on inquiry (CoI) has punished General Hooda for not performing his duty on certain issues in the Adarsh case. As a result, Hooda lost his promotion (as Lt General). Another CoI has been set up to inquire about the transfer of defence land at Kandivli; a report is expected at the earliest. Action will be taken against those officers, however high-ranking they might be, for not doing their duty," Singh said.
The army chief was responding to a query from TOI as to whether the army has taken inspiration from Anna Hazare, an ex-army man, to clean up the system. "Anna is a good man. I would not like to comment further. So far as the army is concerned, I have maintained that we want to clean up the system. This will continue," Singh said.
Singh is in Mumbai for a two-day visit. Earlier, he gave a keynote address, "Indigenization of army supplies", at an event organized by the All India Association of Industries.
In its March 13 edition, TOI had mentioned that a three-man CoI, headed by Lieutenant-General J S Rawat, commandant of the Intelligence School in Pune, did not find any evidence of Hooda misleading superiors about the fact that the land did not belong to the army. However, Hooda was issued a show-cause notice for failing to inform the army headquarters that he has taken a Rs 30-lakh bank loan and withdrawn Rs 5 lakh from his provident fund to pay for the Adarsh flat. n the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Chief of the Army Staff General VK Singh on Wednesday said that the Army had taken action against retired Major General (then serving) R K Hooda, former General Officer Commanding for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa area and one of the allottees in the 31-storey building.
"The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has punished General Hooda for not performing his duty on certain issues in the Adarsh case. As a result of which the officer lost his promotion (as Lt General). Another CoI has been set up to inquire transfer of defence land at Kandivali and where, a report is expected at the earliest. Action too will be taken against those officers, however high ranking they might be for not doing their duty," Singh said.
The army chief was responding to a query from ToI to whether the Army had taken any inspiration from Anna Hazare, an ex-army man to clean up the system. "Anna is a good man. I would not like to comment further. So far as the army is concerned, I have maintained that we want to clean up the system. This will continue," said Singh.
Singh is in Mumbai for a two-day visit - the first time after he took over as army chief in 2010. Earlier, he gave a keynote address on "Indigenisation of Army Supplies" at a interactive organized by the All India Association of Industries.
ToI in their March 13 edition had mentioned that a three man CoI headed by Lieutenant General J S Rawat, commandant of the Intelligence School in Pune did not find any evidence of Hooda misleading superiors on the fact that the land did not belong to the army. The former GOC however, was issued a show-cause notice for failing to inform the army headquarters that he had taken a Rs 30-lakh bank loan and withdrawn Rs 5 lakh from the provident fund (PF) to pay for the Adarsh flat.
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