The Defence Ministry has asked the Army headquarters to provide security to the former commanding officer of the controversial Technical Support Division (TSD) after his wife feared threat to his life. The TSD was set up during the tenure of Gen VK Singh and disbanded by the Army soon after the change of guard in May, 2012.
Wife of Col Hunny Bakshi, the former CO of TSD, wrote to Defence Minister AK Antony claiming there was a threat to the officer’s life after leakage of a report by the Army headquarters about the activities of the unit.
In her letter to the Defence Minister, Col Bakshi’s wife had said that after the leakage of the contents of the report, “people’s lives have been put at risk, including that of my husband. He may now be hunted down by various terrorist organisations like leT or by operatives of the Pakistani Intelligence services. Will you please take action to provide security to me and my family who we feel are under threat from various terrorist organisations after these leaks, or will you wait till we are eliminatedIJ” she wrote.
The report on TSD contained information about the anti-terror operations conducted by the unit when it was operational, sources in the Army said. The level of security cover would be based upon the threat perception assessed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to the persons concerned, they said. Other persons connected with TSD, which includes former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, may also get security cover in future, if any need was felt, the sources said. Gen VK Singh was given Z plus security cover till early this year, but it was withdrawn after a security review by the Government agencies concerned.