Antony assures of ?strong action? against guilty in Adarsh Housing scam

Defence minister AK Antony on Wednesday assured of ?strong action? against any person found guilty in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

Pointing that the armed forces are quick to punish the guilty, Antony said, ?Whenever there are allegations and they are proved, we take strong action. Whatever the allegation, the armed forces and the government are taking action. No other agency takes this strong action. Only armed forces are taking strong action.?

?Whoever is found guilty will be punished. Nobody will be spared,? he added.

He said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Army were carrying out independent probes into the scam.

?These investigations are going on. We will take whatever action is required. There will be no let up,? Antony said.

He added that strong action against erring personnel was necessary to maintain the integrity of the armed forces.

A major controversy had erupted after it was exposed that several retired and serving top officers of the armed forces were allotted flats in the Adarsh Housing Society in Colaba, Mumbai, which was meant for war widows.

Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan had to step down in the wake of the controversy as his kin were also allotted flats in the Society.