Tejinder Singh arrested in Tatra deal case

Tejinder Singh arrested in Tatra deal case

News ContentLt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh was on Monday arrested on orders by a Delhi court which dismissed his bail plea for allegedly offering 14 crore rupee bribe to then Army Chief Gen V K Singh for clearing file pertaining to procurement of 1,676 heavy mobility Tatra vehicles. Special CBI Judge Madhu Jain rejected Tejinder Singh's bail application and sent him to judicial custody till October20. Meanwhile, CBI also supplied the copy of charge sheet and other documents to Tejinder Singh, who had appeared in the court following court's summons in the case.During the day, he had moved the bail plea which was opposed by the CBI and was later rejected by the court. The court had taken cognisance of the charge sheet on August 28 after relying upon the statements of former Defence Minister A K Antony, V K Singh and other witnesses whose testimonies were recorded by the agency during the probe.The CBI in its charge sheet had alleged that in August-September 2010, the file pertaining to procurement of 1,676Tatra vehicles was pending before V K Singh, who is now a Minister of State of External Affairs and Minister of Statein-charge of Department of Northeast Region. The then Chief of Army Staff (COAS) was not convinced with the total projected requirement of the vehicles and it appeared to him that the requirement has been inflated, the agency had said, adding V K Singh had sought fresh opinion on the issue from different quarters. In its charge sheet, the CBI had alleged that Tejinder Singh met V K Singh in his office in South Block on September 22, 2010, and during the meeting, he had offered a bribe to V K Singh for clearing the file of Tatra vehicles by first week of October. Meanwhile, Tejinder Singh on Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail, soon after the trial court rejected his plea for relief. The bail will be heard by Justice Pratibha Rani on Tuesday.