New Delhi: The Army's "prestige has been hurt" after the arrest of its serving officer in connection with the Malegaon blasts, the Deputy Army Chief said today, but stressed that it was a "freak" incident.
"The Army's prestige has been hurt after our officer's name came up in Malegaon blast case," said Lt Gen S P S Dhillon at a function.
Lt Col Srikant Purohit was arrested on Thursday in Mumbai for allegedly supplying money and explosives in the September 29 Malegaon blast. The officer was posted at the Army Corps Training College and Centre at Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh.
Dhillon said Army will take action after it receives a report from the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS).
Lt Gen Dhillon said that involvement of its serving Lieutenant Colonel was a "freak" incident and Army had its own mechanism for keeping a check on these kind of activities by its officers.
"This is a freak incident. We have our own mechanism for keeping a check on these kind of things," he added. Army last week gave permission to the ATS to interrogate Purohit.
Purohit is suspected to have helped bomb blast Sadhvi Pragya Thakur Sing, retired army officer Ramesh Upadhyaya and his associate Sharad Kulkarni Purohit, who are all under arrest, in procuring RDX for the blasts.
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