He has filed a petition seeking changes in the Kargil Review Committee report to absolve him and his unit of the 'blame' for allowing Pakistani intrusion in 1999.
After getting partial relief from the armed forces tribunal on his role in the Kargil war, brigadier Devindar Singh has filed a petition seeking changes in the Kargil Review Committee report to absolve him and his unit of the "blame" for allowing Pakistani intrusion in 1999.
"The factual misrepresentation of the Kargil Review Committee should be corrected as it is falsely depicting 70 Brigade as responsible for the Drass sector from April-end towards detection of intrusion in May 1999 and thereby standing liable for intrusion-related blame," Singh has contended in his plea.
Asking for corrections in the report, he has contended that his formation 70 Brigade had entered the sector in May 1999 only and had "never assumed" the responsibility of the Line of Control (LoC) along with Pakistan there.
In his plea, Singh stated that he was "highly apprehensive" of the committee's report as he and his unit's "honour and military reputation" were getting affected by it.
The Kargil Review Committee had tabled its report about the factors leading to the short-war in 1999 and its recommendations for tightening the security and intelligence apparatus in Parliament on February 23, 2000.
The army has also filed a review petition against the tribunal order in May, which held that three paragraphs in the official war records must be rewritten to correctly reflect the role played by the then Batalik-based 70 Infantry Brigade commander Devinder Singh, who has since retired.
While the army maintains as no correction in official records is needed, it will not challenge the tribunal order to expunge Singh's Annual Confidential Report (ACR) written by then 15 Corps commander lieutenant general Kishan Pal.
The tribunal had held the ACR was "not written in an objective and unbiased manner" after Singh complained his successes as the 70 infantry brigade commander had been downplayed, denying him a gallantry medal and promotion.
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