Monday, May 7, 2007

India hits back at Gohar Ayub Khan

Gohar Ayub Khan, son of former Pakistani President Ayub Khan, has claimed the impossible - that India's highest decorated soldier, the man credited for the victory in the 1971 war, Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw, is actually a Pakistani spy.

Sasy Lt Gen (Retd) JFR Jacob, Former Army Commander 37 b, "Sam Manekshaw is an honourable soldier loyal to the country. I can't understand why Gohar Ayub has made these malicious remarks. He should withdraw them immediately."

Says former chief of Army staff, General Shankar Roy Choudhary, ""This is not a revelation, but an accusation and that too a baseless one. Unless this is proved, it should be dismissed by highest order of contempt."

Earliar Gohar Khan had made this claim in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar and though he did not name Manekshaw, there was no doubt who he was talking about.

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