Like a Hydra headed monster, the tentacles of corruption have reached almost every sphere of society. From a peon to the minister, every bolt in the government machinery seems to be tinged with corruption. Of late, we have been witnessing the poison of corruption spreading to the hitherto clean and disciplined armed forces as well. Starting from the irregularity in the supply and quality of coffins for the martyers of kargil war, to the selling of high altitude equipments and ration in the open market, some members of the higher ranks of the 1.13 million strong Indian army seem to be competiting with their civilians counterparts in bureaucracy, in terms of swelling their bank accounts. This trend of revealation of corruption cases involving defence officials have taken a whole new height when certain officials were found to be involved in major real estate scams involving several crores.
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This new trend is potentially dangerous for the health of our country, for the simple reason that defence personnel are known to be the role models for the general people . Moreover, if senior officers are found to be indulged in corrupt practices , the ground soldiers who are fighting for their motherland in the border areas will surely feel cheated and demoralised.
http://facttruth.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/officers%E2%80%99-corruption-shattered-indian-army-confidence/
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