CBI won't probe charges against Lt Gen Dalbir Suhag

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday said that it would not investigate the complaint forwarded by Army chief General V K Singh against serving Lt Gen Dalbir Suhag, and the agency has returned this complaint. The agency officials said that a comprehensive probe into the matter had already been done by the Cabinet Secretariat last year, and it did not find anything against Suhag.

On Tuesday, Gen Singh had forwarded to CBI a complaint letter from Trinamool MP Ambica Banerjee of May, 2011, that had alleged corruption in purchases for the Special Frontier Force during the tenure of Lt Gen Suhag as its then Inspector General. Now, Lt Gen Suhag commands Dimapur-based 3 Corps, and is in line to become the Army chief after Lt Gen Bikram Singh.

CBI sources said since the issue had been probed by the Cabinet Secretariat last year and no wrong-doing was found, there was no need for another probe by it.

The Special Frontier Force works under the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), which is controlled by the Cabinet Secretariat. Naming several senior Army officers, the Trinamool MP had alleged kickbacks were paid in the deals relating to purchase of parachutes, communication equipment, weapons and weapon sights, sources said.