High Drama at Ex-army Chief VK Singh’s residence
New Delhi: High drama was witnessed at the residence of former Army Chief Gen V K Singh here on Saturday after a Major went there purportedly to remove the army’s telephone exchange but his family alleged that it was an attempt to plant snooping bugs.
Gen Singh’s family members claimed that Major R Vikram from 1st Signals Regiment entered their house without prior permission and may have been trying to bug their telephones.
Claiming that the Army Major and his team had “some cards with them”, he said, “Recently they have withdrawn security and now this has happened. There could be something big.”
The house has been provided by the Defence Ministry for one year from his retirement on May 31 last year. “There was a communication gap. The Army team had gone there to remove telephone exchange but no prior information was given due to which all this happened,” Army PRO Col J Dahiya said.
He said the Army will now carry out the exercise after giving prior information to the family.
Interestingly, Gen Singh has himself been in the midst of a controversy following allegations that during his tenure as Army Chief he had used sophisticated off-the-air interceptors to snoop on the officials of Defence Ministry at the height of his age controversy.
The specialised unit Technical Support Division is now in the process of being disbanded.
