New Delhi, December 01: The Army today said its Court of Inquiry (COI) into the alleged scam involving a private land adjacent to Sukhna military station near Darjeeling was “still in progress” and no conclusions have been drawn in the probe against the three Lieutenant Generals being questioned in the fraud.
It also said that “speculative comments/interferences” at this stage about “the guilt” of an individual was not appropriate.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju told reporters here that the Defence Ministry had already directed the Army to probe the scam and take appropriate decisions.
The COI, convened under 4 Corps commander Lt Gen K T Parnaik in Kolkata, had questioned Army Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash, Deputy Chief Lt Gen P K Rath and 11 Corps Commander Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali in connection with the 70-acre land for which the 33 Corps headquarters in Sukhna issued a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) so that it could be sold to a private institution which posed as an affiliate of the Ajmer-based Mayo College.
“Certain media reports have appeared regarding ongoing Court of Inquiry in Sukhna Land issue of Eastern Command.
Since the Court of Inquiry is still in progress and not finalised, therefore speculative comments/interferences at this stage about the guilt of an individual is not appropriate,” Army PRO Col S Om Singh said in a clarification.
—PTI