Ex-servicemen protest against corruption in armed forces.

DNA: Monday September, 12, 2011.

The Bhrashtachar Virodhi Manch, an organisation of ex-servicemen in Pune, took out a rally on Monday to protest against the alleged corruption prevailing in the armed forces.

A large number of ex-servicemen gathered at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi near Pune Railway Station and started a rally towards the collector’s office. The group carried placards and banners denouncing scams like Adarsh housing society and the Sukna land grab scam, that allegedly involved armed forces personnel.

In the public meeting held in front of the collector’s office, Lt Col (retd) Suresh Patil, chairman of ESBVM, demanded that the army be brought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. He alleged that big corruption prevailed in defence land, ration and other dealings related to the Indian Army.

Cols (retd) Gulabrao Jadhav, Anand, Sunil Kasture, Majors (retd) Ashok Sartape, Jahangir Mulla, Akbar Shaikh, Prabhakar Kondhalkar and many other ex-servicemen took part in the rally to show solidarity with the cause.