In a quiet corner of the Signals Enclave near the Army Cantonment, a wing of the Corps of Signals is working on the third volume of the regiment’s history covering the years after Independence.

This seven-member history cell which can access all archival material of the Corps — the electronic warfare wing of the Army — and even war diaries of several regiments, is headed by none other than Major General (retd) V K Singh, the retired former RAW officer who was recently raided by the CBI and booked for alleged violation of the Official Secrets Act.

Evidently, the CBI, which admitted that it had not even read the book, will have a lot of explaining to do.

For, the author of Secrets of Research and Analysis Wing, it turns out, is a well-established chronicler of military history, with his ongoing book project on the Signals Directorate being the fourth official assignment given to him by the armed forces.

Even during his four-year RAW stint (2000-2004), the soldier-author continued his research in the Army Headquarters and the Signals Enclave to complete the second volume of the Corps of Signals History in 2006.

Today, Singh has temporary access passes to visit the Signals Enclave, Sena Bhavan and the Army’s offices in R K Puram for research on the Corps.

The first volume of the Saga of the Corps of Signals, published in 2001, was also authored by him, although the bulky volumes are meant for restricted circulation within the armed forces.

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