Were Indian war plans sold to Pakistan?

New Delhi, May 7: Diaries of Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan sold out within hours!

The startling fact which made it a 'hot cake' was the shocking revelation that India's war plans were sold to Pakistan!

As per CNN-IBN, "Speaking to Karan Thapar on CNBC-TV18 show India Tonight, Ayub Khan's son Gohar Ayub Khan - whose own book will be released in July - all but named the man who he claims sold India's war plans to Pakistan.

The man is India's most revered general, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.

Though Ayub refused to name the Brigadier, he revealed several pointing details. He said the man in question was from the first batch of the Indian Military Academy, commissioned in the 4th Battalian of the 12 Frontier Force, wounded in the Burma campaign in 1942 for which he was awarded the Military Cross and rose to the highest possible rank in the Indian army.

When Thapar told Gohar that his description fitted former chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw - currently recuperating in the military hospital in Coonoor - Gohar played safe.

"I would not name him, the individual. You possibly can fit the cap from what you have heard (from me)," he said.

On the defensive

The audacious claim has sent shockwaves across India's defence fraternity and India has termed it an absurd and malicious lie.

The most vocal in their dismissals were former Army Chief Gen Shankar Roychowdhry and Bangladesh war hero Lt Gen J F R Jacob who described the remarks as "scrullous, malicious and nonsense".

"This is not a revelation but an allegation and that too a baseless one. Unless this is proved, it should be dismissed by highest order of contempt," Roychowdhry told CNN-IBN."


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