An Army inquiry into the Darjeeling land scam, has recommended “termination of services” of Lt Gen Avadhesh Prakash, Military Secretary at Army HQ and one of the seniormost Generals, and court martial proceedings against Lt Gen P K Rath. The inquiry also favoured disciplinary action and court martial against Major General P Sen and administrative action against Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali, currently commanding the 11 Corps. A separate inquiry has also been recommended against a Colonel of the legal department for giving dubious advice regarding the land deal.
The recommendation for termination of services of Prakash were given by Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen V K Singh, on the basis of the court of inquiry findings and opinion by the Army’s legal department. While the recommendations have been forwarded by the Eastern Army command, the onus for action against Lt Gen Prakash, who is one of the seven Principal Staff Officers (PSO) at Army HQ, now lies with Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor.
The Army Chief, now has the choice to accept the recommendations and terminate Lt Gen Prakash’s services who is slated to retire on 31st January 2010, or overrule the matter on sound legal grounds.If the recommendation is accepted, Lt Gen Prakash can either accept dismissal or face court martial proceedings where he can contest the charges against hi.
The news on the block that is yet to hit hard Lt Gen Prakash is, the unearthing of another scam regarding misappropriation of Regimental Funds as I have already detailed in the last posts during his days in Kumaon Regiment.
The man with the deepest sense of grief and profound debilitating situation is now Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor who holds the onus to the outcome of this scam and expected to raise the flag high for the Nation at the same time, forgetting all the close ties left behind with the decision he takes.
Nation is Watching , so are the decision makers and takers.
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