No place for corruption in Indian Army: Antony
January 31st, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Jan 31 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Sunday strongly condemned corrupt practices in the armed forces.
Interacting with the media after distributing awards to best parade contingents here, Antony said the government would not tolerate even a single instance of corruption in the armed forces.
“Already the army has started taking action. Now, I don’t want to say anything. We must understand one thing that what happened in Sukhna or other areas, these are all aberrations,” Antony said.
Antony’s rection came just two days after Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor ordered court martial of former Military Secretary Lt. General Avadhesh Prakash.
Lt General Prakash who was one of the eight key advisors at the Army Headquarters was indicted by the Court of Inquiry (CoI) investigating the Sukhna Land Scam.
Commenting on the prevailing aituataion along the international border and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir Antony said: “We feel that even though there are continuous attempts from the enemies across the border for infiltration, but at the same time, on the whole, the situation in Kashmir is improving.
“By and large situation in Kashmir is much better now. The violence level still has come down,” he added. (ANI)
- Army chief orders court martial against Lt Gen Prakash - Jan 29, 2010
- Lieutenant General Rath withdraws petition from the Armed Forces Tribunal - Feb 25, 2010
- Armed Forces Tribunal directs fresh examination of Sukhna land scam - Feb 22, 2010
- Strict action against generals involved Sukhna case: Army Chief - Jan 14, 2010
- Antony recommends disciplinary action against Lt General Prakash - Jan 27, 2010
- Army appoints Lt Gen G M Nair as new Military Secretary - Jan 27, 2010
- Court of Inquiry into Sukhna land scam over: Army - Dec 23, 2009
- No infiltration from across LoC this year: Indian Army - Jul 16, 2011
- Sukhna Land Scam: Antony says army chief will take action against accused - Jan 13, 2010
- Sukhna scam: Charges against Lt Prakash to be framed in Kolkata - Feb 09, 2010
- Sukhna Land Scam: Army Chief recommends administrative action against senior Generals - Jan 11, 2010
- Court martial of army's former military secretary complete - Dec 02, 2011
- Only armed forces act against corruption: Admiral Verma - Feb 05, 2010
- Antony recommends court martial of top general - Jan 27, 2010
- Former Indian Army general arrested after sentencing in court martial - Feb 19, 2011
Tags: aberrations, antony, army chief, army headquarters, chief general, corrupt practices, deepak kapoor, defence minister, indian army, infiltration, international border, jammu and kashmir, kashmir, land scam, lt general, military secretary, New Delhi, prakash, rection, sukhna