Gaur Also Faked!!

Jodhpur, July 28: Major Surinder Singh the accused in the Siachen ‘Killings’ Case today claimed that the action of August 8, 2003 reported by Lieutenant A.K. Gaur was also faked ‘on the order of the Commanding Officer.

Cross-examining Col. K.D. Singh the then Commanding Officer of the battalion Major Singh tried to unfold the real story behind the action of August 8 from Daas Post in Central Siachen Glacier. Col. Singh while denying this allegation on logical ground said that he had never told anyone for faking any kill.Major Singh asked the Colonel about the reason behind presenting exaggerated figures to the higher headquarters about the enemy kills by 5/5 GR.

He said that the compilation of all the situation reports and the special situation reports has indicated that the total enemy personnel killed during the entire glacier tenure of the battalion was just 36. While Col. Singh in his statement has told that the battalion had claimed 45 kills during this period.Replying this, Col. Singh said that the battalion never reported any exaggerated figure to the higher headquarter knowingly.

“The figure of 45 kills is based on the reports given by the company commanders and the Special Order of the 102 Infantry Brigade,” he added.Major Singh asked one long question that was almost like a statement about the action reported on August 8, 2003 by Lt. A.K. Gaur the post commander of Daas Post.

He alleged that Col. Singh had given specific orders to fake the action of August 8. “In last week of July 2003, you had told me to exaggerate the action. On the evening of August 8, you (Col. Singh) informed me that you had reported the Adjutant of the battalion about one enemy kill achieved from the Daas Post. You also told me to ensure the video recording regarding this ‘action’,” Major said.

According to him the video camera was not available at Daas Post, on the next morning, it was sent from company headquarter. When he got the video footage of the dead person, he got suspicious about the veracity of the video footage. Initially, Lt. Gaur claimed that the video footage is real. But on hard questioning, he revealed that it was a fake video and the man shown as dead enemy personnel is actually Shyam Lal Thapa a member of own unit.