On 9 December, the CBI arrested SP Tyagi, former Chief of Air Staff, in the controversial AgustaWestland case and remanded him to judicial custody.
The development – unprecedented and surprising – has shocked many.
Writing for Business Standard, former commander-in-chief of Eastern Naval Command, Premvir Das describes how Tyagi has been taken into custody without any credible proof. There is speculation that Tyagi's arrest is to "squeal against some politicians."
But Das pointed out that the arrest of a person of Tyagi's stature without credible proof is demoralising for the fighting forces.
All one can hope is that this arrest will lead to early identification and conviction of the real culprits because if it does not, then the entire credibility of this government will lie in tatters with the combat capability of the Indian armed forces, heavily dependent on the morale of its men, needlessly put on the block.