Outgoing Indian Army Chief claims 'a lot of money spent to tarnish my image'

Outgoing Indian Army Chief General V K Singh, whose date of birth was mired in a huge controversy, alleged that "a lot of money" was spent by people within the force to get a "false" birth certificate and tarnish his image as he had stopped their wrongdoings. He said he had evidence that people within the Army were behind the "derogatory and completely fake" stories against him and action was being taken against them.
"A lot of people went on a drive to tarnish my image because they were not happy with cleansing action I had taken. You will be surprised to know the amount of money which was spent to get false certificate about by date of birth," General Singh told 'The Week' magazine asked who was spending the money to defame him, he responded, "There were a large number of people. A lot of money was given to a lot of people to do stories against me. The stories were derogatory and completely fake."