I was offered a bribe of Rs. 14 crore, says Army Chief

[Vishwarupa]

The Hindu : News / National : I was offered a bribe of Rs. 14 crore, says Army Chief


If Army chief is offerd 14 crore for one such deal, imagine what union minister, sarkari babus & Italian Bar dancer would have received.

 

[Yusuf]

Skeletons are tumbling out of the cupboard.

 

[SADAKHUSH]

I am waiting for full scale blow up of the scandal in our Armed forces. Anybody and everybody responsible for polluting the sanctimony of Armed Forces should be brought in front of Indian Judiciary and prosecuted, if found guilty he/she should be handed down the longest jail term with hard labour for 50 to 100 years.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

He have Guts to speak out, I admire him..

 

[asianobserve]

(withdrawn for being inaccurate)

 

[JAYRAM]

Asked what had brought the Army to the state where the Chief could be offered a bribe, he said: "Obviously somewhere our standards of probity and integrity have fallen."

According to General Singh, it was because he had cracked down on corruption that he was targeted on his date of birth: "But things are fast unravelling and you will soon see the hand behind the drama. You will soon see who the sutradhar of the play is."

i always have high hope that this man is a genuine one.. He said nothing but that is rampant in every indian govt instituition...

 

[Yusuf]

He said the vehicles, 7,000 of which were already in use in the Army, had been sold over the years at exorbitant prices with no questions asked

The above is more important. 7000 such vehicles have already been supplied and in use by the IA.

What he also says is that the people offering him the bribe told him

people had taken money before me and they will take money after me.

Army needs to pull up its socks and clear the shit that has taken root.

 

[Daredevil]

The General said the lobbyist offered him the bribe in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. He said the vehicles, 7,000 of which were already in use in the Army, had been sold over the years at exorbitant prices with no questions asked. He said there was no proper facility where they could be serviced and maintained and yet they continued to be sold to the Army: "Just imagine, one of these men had the gumption to walk up to me and tell me that if I cleared the tranche, he would give me Rs. 14 crore. He was offering a bribe to me, to the Army Chief. He told me that people had taken money before me and they will take money after me."

So, what are the vehicles he is talking about?. If we know these vehicles we will know who the person who bribed him and the political backing this ex-Army lobbyist is getting from.

 

[asianobserve]

What vehicle is in use by the IA that is about 7,000 units more or less?

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

The congress government is "ALL IN ALL SCAM GOVERNMENT". B.S., if this is the state of the country then we will demise so quickly that one fine morning when we get up we will be captivated by someone else. Drive out the entire fake gandhi family and bring peace and freedom from foreign rule.

 

[Yusuf]

The congress government is "ALL IN ALL SCAM GOVERNMENT". B.S., if this is the state of the country then we will demise so quickly that one fine morning when we get up we will be captivated by someone else. Drive out the entire fake gandhi family and bring peace and freedom from foreign rule.

Offer was made directly to the Army Chief. How does the government come into the picture? As of now there is no mention of any government official. Unless the Army Chief tell more about this and if there is any government involvement.

What I make of this is the company tried to get the Army Chief to "advise" the government on further purchase of the vehicle and certify it's "quality" and "need" for the army.

The government will go by what the army wants.

Anyone seen the movie Hum? This situation reminds me of that movie.

 

[Yusuf]

14 crore for 600 vehicles works out to 2.5 lacs approx. considering a 10% estimation as bribe, the vehicle should cost about 25 lacs approx. what vehicle would cost that? I am thinking APCs would be of that range ?? Or some trucks like Tatras?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Logistic Vehicles, Tatra are good seen them in action though..

it always strange for me to see Mahindra Jeep with Maruti jeep, Maruti army jeeps is more powerful than Mahindra once and why two vehicles of same category are in service..

 

[Shaitan]

Logistic Vehicles, Tatra are good seen them in action though..

it always strange for me to see Mahindra Jeep with Maruti jeep, Maruti army jeeps is more powerful than Mahindra once and why two vehicles of same category are in service..

What Mahindra ones? Any pic?

 

[SPIEZ]

The General said the lobbyist offered him the bribe in order to have a tranche of 600 sub-standard vehicles of a particular make cleared for purchase. He said the vehicles, 7,000 of which were already in use in the Army, had been sold over the years at exorbitant prices with no questions asked. He said there was no proper facility where they could be serviced and maintained and yet they continued to be sold to the Army

Now what vehicle is it? It's not going to be tough to find out, since the numbers have been given, so veterans any idea what vehicle are we talking about.

He told me that people had taken money before me and they will take money after me.

I seriously believe this is just the tip of the ice berg.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Why Mahindra ones? Any pic?

 

[SPIEZ]

14 crore for 600 vehicles works out to 2.5 lacs approx. considering a 10% estimation as bribe, the vehicle should cost about 25 lacs approx. what vehicle would cost that? I am thinking APCs would be of that range ?? Or some trucks like Tatras?

At 25 lacs (with the escalation) or 2.5 L (without it) it doesn't look like an exorbitantly high amount for APC. The army does need such things.

 

[Mad Indian]

WTF man, only 14Cr. Rs.? Have the Indians gone that cheap?

Too bad.

 

[SPIEZ]

Offer was made directly to the Army Chief. How does the government come into the picture? As of now there is no mention of any government official. Unless the Army Chief tell more about this and if there is any government involvement.

What I make of this is the company tried to get the Army Chief to "advise" the government on further purchase of the vehicle and certify it's "quality" and "need" for the army.

The government will go by what the army wants.

Anyone seen the movie Hum? This situation reminds me of that movie.

My doubts on the govt not being part of it.
How can an army man with a fixed scale income suddenly show such high increase in his property?
I certainly believe the govt is a part f this mess.

 

[SPIEZ]

Logistic Vehicles, Tatra are good seen them in action though..

it always strange for me to see Mahindra Jeep with Maruti jeep, Maruti army jeeps is more powerful than Mahindra once and why two vehicles of same category are in service..

Interesting to note that Maruti no longer caters to the army these days and most of the deals go to Mahindra.