January 14, 2011 6:23 PM

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Army plans to setup internal vigilance wing to prevent irregularities

The Army is now planning to set up an internal vigilance wing to prevent instances of irregularities from recurring. Army Chief General V.K. Singh said today that one of his thrust areas was improving the internal health of the forces. Stressing the need for a vigilance mechanism, which is not there at present, General Singh, however, informed that army is taking suo motu action on a lot of issues that come up.On the action against his predecessor, General Deepak Kapoor, whose name figures in the last three land scams that the Army has faced, the army chief said that the former being a retired officer, the cases have been handed over to the defence ministry for appropriate action. With regard to serving officers involved in the Adarsh Housing Society episode, he said the Army would initiate action against them as per the service rules and the army law. Our correspondent reports, General Kapoor's name figures in the Sukna episode in West Bengal, the Adarsh Housing Society in Colaba and land adjacent to the Central Ordnance Depot Kandivali being handed over to a private developer. Our correspondent reports that taking note of these instances, Defence Minister A.K. Antony had announced yesterday that his ministry would make stricter rules for NOCs so that lower level officers could not misuse it. He also added that the Defence Estates land would be computerised for maintaining proper records.

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