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Defending the decision to order a CBI probe into Adarsh housing society scam, the defence minister said the army chief himself had recommended such a probe after a preliminary inquiry.
Updated : Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
Defending the decision to order a CBI probe into Adarsh housing society scam, defence minister A K Antony today said the army chief himself had recommended such a probe after a preliminary inquiry.
"After an inquiry Army Chief himself recommended CBI probe (into the scam)... amred forces are against all types of wrong doings, " Antony said.
" Whenever we find wrongdoings, we always take action.
Actually, when the incident took place, I got a complaint from a Lok Sabha MP. I sent it to the army chief for an inquiry. After an inquiry, army chief himself recommended for a CBI probe", Antony told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Antony declined to make any statement on the Congress stand on the opposition demand for resignation of Union telecommunication minister A Raja over the 2G Spectrum corruption charge.
"I will respond to that tomorrow", when reporters persisted for reply on the Congress stand on the Raja issue.