The Defence Ministry today sought an explanation from BEML chief V R S Natarajan for serving a legal notice on former Army Chief General V K Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue. Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar in New Delhi said defence Ministry categorically denies giving permission to BEML Chief to serve a legal notice for filing a defamation suit against General V K Singh.
He said the ministry has asked Natarajan to explain as to why he made such a statement to the media.
General Singh, who retired on May 31 after holding the post of the Army Chief for over two years, had alleged in March that he was offered 14 crore rupees bribe by a former officer to clear supply of a tranche of 600 Tatra trucks from BEML. CBI is investigating the case.
On June 1st, a day after Gen Singh retired from office, the BEML Chief had held a press conference in Bangalore asking the former army chief to apologies for alleged defamatory statements against the company and its products.
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