Former Army vice chief, 2 others, helped Pune builder

February 01, 2012 16:28

Former vice chief of Indian Army Lt Gen Nobel Thamburaj and two others were on Tuesday booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misconduct in an out of court land dispute settlement to benefit a private builder to the tune of Rs 46 crore.

The case was registered against Lt Gen Thamburaj on Tuesday evening under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act in a designated CBI court in Mumbai after receiving requisite sanction from the defence ministry.

Lt Gen Thamburaj, while he was posted as general-officer-in-command of Southern Command, is alleged to have entered into a criminal conspiracy with former defence estate officer SR Nayyar and Pune-based Kalpataru builders in settling a matter out of the court of a defence property despite having favourable orders from various courts, a CBI statement said.

The CBI today carried out searches at various places in Mumbai and Pune which included the residential premises of the retired general.

This is possibly for the first time that a vice chief of the Indian Army is facing corruption charges.

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