September 22, 2007	Saturday	Ramazan 09, 1428

New Delhi: Police on Friday raided the home of a former sleuth of the external spy agency, RAW, who had accused his colleagues of corruption, including the charge they had bought telecommunications equipment to protect VIPs, which could be monitored by Pakistani agents.

Press Trust of India said the Central Bureau of Investigation raided the residence of Maj Gen (retired) V. K. Singh after registering a case against him under the Official Secrets Act.

CBI sources told PTI the case was registered against Mr Singh, a former joint secretary in the external intelligence agency, on the advice of the Cabinet Secretariat for allegedly disclosing in his book certain secret information he had dealt with during his tenure in RAW.Mr Singh had irked some quarters in the government with his book India’s External Intelligence: Secrets of RAW, which hit the stands a few months ago.

The book spoke about alleged political interference and corruption in the intelligence agency, including claims about the purchase of sub-standard telecom equipment meant for VVIP security.

Among his other claims in the book, Mr Singh had questioned the wisdom of the previous NDA government in releasing to then Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif a taped conversation between Gen Pervez Musharraf and a senior army official, Gen Mohammed Aziz, during the Kargil conflict.