January 12, 2010 11:31 AM

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Army Chief to issue notice to General, three Sr officers in Darjeeling land scam

The Army Chief decided to issue show cause notices to a top General and three other senior officers named in a land scam in Darjeeling.<br/><br/>The four officers will be given 30 days time to show cause why action cannot be taken against them for issuing a No Objection Certificate(NOC) to a private realtor in Siliguri to purchase a 70-acre land adjacent to Sukna military station.<br/><br/>Sources said the show cause notices will be issued in a couple of days.<br/><br/>A top army officials said lastnight that a decision on possible further action will depend on the replies to the show cause notices.<br/><br/>The officials said. Army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor issued the directions in this regard to Adjutant General Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal .<br/><br/>Lt Gen Prakash, along with Lt Gen P K Rath, Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali and Maj Gen P Sen have been found "culpable" by an Army probe in the sale of the 70-acre land to a private realtor on the basis of a No Objection Certificate issued by the Sukna military station.

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