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5. Siddharth Varadarajan, Former Editor, The Hindu, Chennai

6. Ms. Chander Suta Dogra, Chandigarh Bureau Chief, The Hindu, Chandigarh7. Lt. Gen (Retd.) Tejinder Singh, New Delhi

8. Many persons official, non-official and media- who are part of the abetment and

conspiracy to commit the above offences. Investigation will bring them out.

C. Charges

1. On April 4, 2012 the Indian Express carried front-page banner headlines: The January

night Raisina Hill was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without

notifying Govt. [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-january-night-raisina-hill-was-spooked-two-key-army-units-moved-towards-delhi-without-notifying-

govt/932328/]

Inter alia this news report said: Essentially, late on the night of January 16 (the dayArmy Chief General V K Singh approached the Supreme Court on his date of birth issue),

central intelligence agencies reported an unexpected (and non-notified) movement by akey military unit, from the mechanised infantry based in Hisar (Haryana) as a part of the

33rd Armoured Division (which is a part of 1 Corps, a strike formation based in Mathura

and commanded by Lt Gen. A K Singh) in the direction of the capital, 150 km away.

The news report went on to say: The lookouts confirmed the movement of what lookedlike a sizeable unit. It was soon identified as an entire unit of Mechanised Infantry, with

its Russian-made Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs), carried on 48 tank transporters.

The movement was towards the capital, which was odd. The report deliberately linkedthis move to June 1984 when some mutineers from Sikh units had moved towards the

capital in the wake of Operation Bluestar, suggesting in a devious manner that the

above troop movement is also part of mutiny. This is a clear case of abetting mutiny by

an officer, soldier in the Army and attempt to seduce any such officer and soldier from

his allegiance or his duty attracting Section 131 IPC.

The report further said: It was still a cause for curiosity and some confusion-more thanmuch concern-because, over the decades, New Delhi has come to be totally relaxed and

trustful of the apolitical and professionally correct nature of its military leadership.

This is clear insinuation that the military leadership had turned politically incorrect and

non-professional and Central Govt has come under threat of mutiny from our own Army.

This scare was further inflamed by the report that yet another military movement"towards" Delhi. This unit was identified as a large element of the airborne 50 Para

Brigade based at Agra. The scare mongering continued: The Prime Minister was

informed at the crack of dawn on January 17..Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma

was asked to cut short his visit to Malaysia. He returned.

This is a clear case of suggesting, instigating and abetting the commitment of mutiny byofficers and soldiers of the Army that attracts Section 133 of IPC. Accused Nos: #1, #2

and #3 are liable to be charged under this Section. Having acted in a manner prejudicial


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to the defence of India and the security of the State and therefore attracting Sections 3 (1)

and (2) of the National Security Act 1980 they should be detained under NSA forthwith.

2. The Indian Army had a unit called the Technical Service Division (TSD). It was set up to

accomplish covert operations in other countries. It was a very important wing because it

was the only unit which could perform this task. Given the nature of the work, the wholeunit worked in a secretive and camouflaged manner. TSD is a covert operation agency,

activities of which are directly related to the safety of the soldiers fighting on theborders, retribution on the enemy and the security of the citizens. By its very nature TSD

operation was top secret. In that event, even the existence of TSD should never have

been publicised. Further, if there is exposure of the actual working of the top-secret unit,leaking information about it could be treacherous, regardless of whether information is

true or not.

Yet on March 2, 2012 Accused # 4 wrote and published a blatantly treasonous story thatinter alia reads as below: MOD officials say they are also concerned about the activities

of a shadowy unit called the Technical Support Division (TSD) within MI, which hasreportedly been equipped with surveillance equipment. Who the targets were and for

what purpose, is still not clear. TSD is headed by a colonel and has five lieutenant-

colonels from the MI directorate who are posted at military stations across the country.

The name of a retired director general of MI too has been linked to this covert outfit.

[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bug-scare-defence-minister-a-k-antony-army-chief-

age-row/1/176066.html]

TSDs location, officials and its work were top secret and out of bounds. On 16 August2012, at around 6 p.m., a white Toyota Qualis came towards the premises of the TSD.

Two persons got down. One stayed near the vehicle and the other went inside the

premises of the TSD. An Army personnel was present at the location. He saw anunknown man suspiciously roaming around in the unit premises. He immediately

enquired about his identity. The unknown man tried to dodge him and said that he is an

army officer. The jawan asked for his identity card. Then, the unknown man said he is areporter of the Indian Express newspaper. Finding himself in an uncomfortable situation,

the reporter hurriedly walked towards the Toyota Qualis, where a man was waiting for

him, and fled. [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-

25/india/33384345_1_tejinder-singh-v-k-singh-date-of-birth-controversy]

At the same time, an army havaldar was returning from his duty from the Base Hospital.

He saw a tall gentleman suspiciously watching the TSD premises from a distance. Hecould recognise him as he had seen his pictures in various media reports and news

channels. Thereafter, he saw two of them hurriedly leaving in the vehicle. The tall man

waiting near the vehicle was retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh (Accused # 7)the same man against whom the CBI filed a case for offering a bribe of Rs. 14 crore to

me to clear the purchase of 1,676 high-mobility Tatra trucks for the Indian Army.

The Army Havaldar who identified Lt. General (Retd) Tejinder Singh quickly lodged a

complaint. The matter was reported to the Director General, Military Intelligence


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(DGMI) He even asked whether this matter should be reported to the local police station.

The DGMI asked him to give a written report on the matter. A written complaint was sentto him. The number of this letter is A/103/TSD. After three days DGMI called the team

who wrote this letter and asked them to tear off the letter and destroy the hard disk of the

computer on which it was typed.

Just 8 days before this incident, there was an intelligence report which clearly warned

that a few anti-national elements are conspiring to defame TSD by leveling falseallegations and giving wide media coverage on the issue as the name of the unit has

already been tarnished on several occasions.

Soon thereafter on 20th September 2012 Indian Express reported that the Army has

appointed Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia to head a panel that will review the functioning and

efficacy of a controversial Military Intelligence (MI) unit that gained notoriety following

several allegations of irregularities and a recent case of espionage involving its headclerk. [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lt-gen-bhatia-to-probe-mi-unit-set-up-by-

exchief-gen-v-k-singh/1005192/]

On 20thSeptember 2013 The Indian Express published a front page banner headlines

story titled, Unit set up by VK Singh used secret funds to try and topple J&K

government, block Bikram Singh: Army probe claiming to be a leak of a Top Secret

Army Board of Officers inquiry report on the working of TSD[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/unit-set-up-by-v-k-singh-used-secret-funds-to-try-

and-topple-j-k-govt-block-bikram-singh-army-probe/1171601/]

The report was prepared by Director-General (Military Operations) Lt. Gen. Vinod

Bhatia as part of a Board of Officers inquiry formed by Army Chief General Bikram

Singh to review the functioning of the top-secret unit and the report itself is top-secret.Even knowledge of the existence of TSD can help the nation's enemies and subvert the

interests of the country. This is evident from some of the reports appearing in the

Pakistan and other media: [http://pakistanpal.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/indian-army-tsd-and-vk-singh-playing-politics-in-uniform-and-after-retirement/ ;

http://www.pakistantv.tv/2013/09/22/indian-army-chief-sets-tsd-unit-

pakistan/#sthash.1nJSdh2V.dpbs ; http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/09/22/indian-

army-behind-insurgency-in-pakistan/]

As a consequence of these acts prejudicial to the defence of India and the security of the

State, TSD has been wound up and Indian Army is left with no covert operation andweak counter-insurgency capacity. It is widely believed that if TSD had not wound up the

recent Samba attack by Pakistan-based elements (wherein several soldiers including a Lt.

Col. were killed) could have been avoided. There is also wide-spread belief among seniorArmy officers that the scrapping of the TSD is a major reason why there has been a spurt

in cross-border intrusions over the past year leading to the death of several soldiers and

civilians.


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Accused #1, #2 and #4 are guilty of several offences under IPC (including possibly

accessory to causing death), Official Secrets Act. Having acted in a manner prejudicial tothe defence of India and the security of the State and therefore attracting Sections 3 (1)

and (2) of the National Security Act 1980 they should be detained under NSA forthwith.

3. Indian Express leak made a blatantly false allegation that Army had paid money to J&Kpoliticians to overthrow the duly elected Government of the State. This was done with

the deliberate intention to promote enmity between officers and soldiers of the IndianArmy serving in Jammu & Kashmir and the government/people of that state thereby

causing disturbance to harmony and national-integration. Accused #1 & #2 are therefore

guilty of offences under Section 153A and 153 of IPC. This is a clear case of acting in amanner prejudicial to the defence of India and the security of the State and therefore

attracts Sections 3 (1) and (2) of the National Security Act 1980. Besides prosecuting

Accused #1 and #2 under the relevant laws they should be detained under NSA

forthwith.

4. Picking up from the Indian Express leaked report on TSD, on 24 September 2013 TheHindu published a news story titled V.K. Singh counters charges, admits pro-India

NGOs were funded [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vk-singh-counters-

charges-admits-proindia-ngos-were-funded/article5161196.ece]. In this report Accused

# 6 with the deliberate intention of promoting enmity between people of India, officersand soldiers of the Indian Army serving in Jammu & Kashmir and the people of that

state and cause disturbance to harmony and national-integration inserted the blatantly

false claim that the panchayat elections of 2011 was a major achievement of the TSD,

a statement I never made. This was a clever cut and paste based on news planted bysome of my adversaries who have been leaking the top-secret TSD and other stories.

Accused # 5, without verification and cross-checking from me published this lie as it

was written.

What is more, Accused #4 went into a frenzy, got a story generated from the J&K BureauChief and published it on the Newspapers front page on 25 September 2013 under the

title Our lives in danger, say sarpanches in J&K[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/our-lives-in-danger-say-sarpanches-in-

jk/article5164918.ece?ref=relatedNews] This news report says that because of myreckless statements, I have caused an extremely serious apprehension of militant attackson more than 33,000 panches and sarpanches as I have completely discredited and

maligned the panchayat elections of 2011. This manufactured report has promotedenmity between officers and soldiers of the Indian Army serving in Jammu & Kashmir

and the people as well as elected leaders of that state and also has caused disturbance to

harmony and national-integration.

Accused #5 & #6 are therefore guilty of offences under Section 153A and 153B of IPC.

Having acted in a manner prejudicial to the defence of India and the security of the State

and therefore attracting Sections 3 (1) and (2) of the National Security Act 1980 theyshould be detained under NSA forthwith.


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In order to get to the bottom of the entire ruckus and find out the truthfulness of all such

reports, I moved an application under Right to Information Act, 2005 before the Ministryof Defence dated __ asking for a copy of the said report of the Board of Officers and the

details of the action taken in the wake of the same. However, the Ministry of Defence,

vide its reply dated __, informed me that the information so sought by me under the RTI

Act cannot be provided to me as it was classified as secret under the section 8 (i) of theRTI Act. Therefore, this implies that whatever reporting regarding the TSD has been

carried out by the abovementioned media persons, and leakage of information regardingTSD thereto, is in contravention of the provisions of the Official Secrets Act. Therefore,

each person involved in the entire sequence of events resulting in the leakage of

information to the Media as well as media persons involved in the malicious reporting ofthe same, are liable for prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. It is pertinent to

mention here that prosecution under the Official Secrets Act can only be initiated by the

State (Government), therefore, you are requested to take necessary action and direct the

competent investigating agency to launch prosecution as to the same. A copy of theabovementioned reply to my RTI Application from MoD is being annexed hereto.

5. Earlier, in March, 2012, someone in Government deliberately leaked out a top-secretletter from me to the Prime Minister stating that the armys tanks have run out ofammunition, the air defence is as good as obsolete and the infantry is short of critical

weapons. This was reported in [http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1668283/report-dna-exclusive-gen-vk-singh-tells-pm-some-hard-truths]. This leakage has been reportedly

traced to an official in the Cabinet Secretariat and nothing is known as to what action

has been taken in this regard so far. This is a grave offence under Official Secrets Act

and being prejudicial to the defence of India and the security of the State attracts theprovisions of NSA. All those involved in this leak should be prosecuted and detained

under NSA.

6. The above serious offences have been committed due to abetment and conspiracy

indulged in by civil and military officials (past and present) in the Prime Ministers

Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Defence, Army Headquarters and many others.They are all guilty of abetment and Criminal Conspiracy to commit all the above

offences. A thorough investigation would bring out the truth about who these persons

are and what is their motive for indulging in activities aimed at destabilizing India and

harming its citizens. Interestingly, one of the Wikileak files[http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1149294_confed-fuckhouse-.html] suggests that

theIndian Express editor, Shekhar Gupta (Accused #1) is the only contact in India for

Stratfor, a US-based global intelligence firm with alleged CIA links.

The charges detailed above deal with the very serious crimes of:

(a) promoting enmity between people of India, officers and soldiers of the Indian Armyserving in Jammu & Kashmir and the people of that state;

(b) causing disturbance to harmony and national-integration

(c) deliberately compromising the safety of the soldiers fighting on the borders and securityof the citizens


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(d) abetting mutiny by an officer, soldier in the Army and attemptting to seduce any such

officer and soldier from his allegiance or his duty(e) willfully disclosing top-secret documents thereby threatening the sovereignty and

integrity of India and the security of the State

(f) deeply impacting the fighting capability and effectiveness of our Armed Forces in

protecting citizens and safeguarding the nations security, integrity and sovereignty.(g) serious prejudice to the defence of India and the security of the State

Inaction and complicity in the above offences has encouraged criminals and severely

compromises security of the nation and safety of its citizens.

It is therefore requested that immediate action be taken to direct the concerned authorities

to register appropriate FIRs, commence investigation and resort to preventive detention of

offenders where necessary.

Yours Truly,

General V. K. Singh (Retd.)

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