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Bureaucracy 'cooked up' Army scare story: V K Singh

February 24, 2014 16:28 IST

Amidst a fresh controversy over suspicious movement of Army units towards Delhi in 2012, former Army Chief Gen V K Singh on Monday said the bureaucracy had tried to "cook up" something even though it was a routine exercise.

To buttress his point, he cited a statement given by former DGMO Lt Gen A K Choudhary who had been called by the then defence secretary to explain the troop movement.


"So, it means something was being cooked up within the bureaucracy. I have already said it is a fable of sick mind," Singh told media persons in Bhopal.


Choudhary's views have been rejected by the National Security Advisor.

The movement of troops was a "normal" exercise, and the government immediately "understood" the issue after he explained the matter to them, the former DGMO had said.


He had also said it would be wrong to link the troop movement with Gen Singh's decision to drag the government to the Supreme Court over his date of birth row as such exercises are planned long in advance. 
