Reports on troop movement ‘absolutely stupid’: Army Chief

Thursday, April 5, 2012: Army chief Gen VK Singh has dismissed as “absolutely stupid” a report that the Indian government panicked for several hours in the face of unexplained troop movements near Delhi in January.
“This is absolutely stupid,” Singh said on Thursday when asked to comment on the report.
According to reports, the government was “spooked” on the night of January 16-17, because of the movement of a mechanised infantry battallion from Haryana’s Hisar and a sizeable section of 50 Para Brigade creating a storm in the government.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and defence minister AK Antony had on Wednesday dismissed the story calling it “alarmist” and “absolutely baseless”.