A Delhi court today said that it will hold an inquiry into the allegations levelled by Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh in a criminal defamation case filed by him against Gen V K Singh. It said before passing any order on summoning the Army Chief in the case, it will hold an enquiry whether the Army Chief and four others named in the complaint, had any role in the publication of the press release.

The court also directed the Defence Ministry to place before it the file relating to the publication of the Army's March 5 press release in which Tejinder Singh was accused of offering a bribe of 14 crore rupees to the Army Chief.The court, in its order, said it was prima facie satisfied that the March 5 press release was defamatory as ex-facie serious allegation of bribery has been made against Tejinder Singh.