'Will be happy if Tyagi is treated with respect'
New Delhi, Dec 27, 2016, DHNS:
IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said he would have been happier if his predecessor S P Tyagi was treated with more respect by the investigating agencies.
Tyagi has been named as an accused in a scam involving the purchase of VVIP helicopters. “If they could treat him with more respect till the time he is proven guilty, I would be happy,” said Raha, who is to retire on December 31.
The comments from India’s senior-most military officer come on a day when Tyagi got bail from a Delhi court after spending 18 days behind the bars. Raha gave his comments in a television interview.
Asked if Tyagi should not have been incarcerated like any common criminal, Raha said, “I agree.” He described Tyagi as professionally sound with whom he had worked in the past.
This is for the first time that a serving military chief has spoken on the arrest of Tyagi, who was being investigated by the CBI for the last three years as part of the probe on the charge of corruption while purchasing 12 VVIP helicopters from arms major AgustaWestland.
Two retired military chiefs, Admiral Arun Prakash and Air Chief Marshal Anil Tipnis wrote articles asking the authorities to stop harassing Tyagi and take the matter to the court at the earliest. There are also voices in the social media in support of Tyagi.
“It’s very unfortunate that a person of his stature has been investigated by the CBI and other agencies, so it definitely hurt the morale of the people, of the armed forces. I can’t say that it doesn’t dent our image, dent our reputation, it definitely does,” Raha said.
“We will go by the law of the land. Let the judicial process be completed and the evidence be produced in the court.” he said.
Tyagi has been named as an accused in a scam involving the purchase of VVIP helicopters. “If they could treat him with more respect till the time he is proven guilty, I would be happy,” said Raha, who is to retire on December 31.
The comments from India’s senior-most military officer come on a day when Tyagi got bail from a Delhi court after spending 18 days behind the bars. Raha gave his comments in a television interview.
Asked if Tyagi should not have been incarcerated like any common criminal, Raha said, “I agree.” He described Tyagi as professionally sound with whom he had worked in the past.
This is for the first time that a serving military chief has spoken on the arrest of Tyagi, who was being investigated by the CBI for the last three years as part of the probe on the charge of corruption while purchasing 12 VVIP helicopters from arms major AgustaWestland.
Two retired military chiefs, Admiral Arun Prakash and Air Chief Marshal Anil Tipnis wrote articles asking the authorities to stop harassing Tyagi and take the matter to the court at the earliest. There are also voices in the social media in support of Tyagi.
“It’s very unfortunate that a person of his stature has been investigated by the CBI and other agencies, so it definitely hurt the morale of the people, of the armed forces. I can’t say that it doesn’t dent our image, dent our reputation, it definitely does,” Raha said.
“We will go by the law of the land. Let the judicial process be completed and the evidence be produced in the court.” he said.
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