Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Tuesday vowed to take 'fitting action' against the senior army generals indicted by an army court.

Speaking to reporters in the parliament complex, Raju said: 'We had ordered the inquiry into the case. Now that the findings have come, appropriate action will be taken against them.'

An army court of inquiry has indicted two serving Lieutenant Generals in a land scam in Darjeeling in West Bengal.

The enquiry, which concluded Saturday, was set up to look into allegations of subverting rules to give a no-objection certificate (NOC) to an educational institution to open its premises near an army institution in Darjeeling.

The inquiry found Lt. Gen. Awadesh Prakash and Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath 'blameworthy', said an official, not divulging further details. Lt. Gen. Prakash is now the Military Secretary at the army headquarters in Delhi.

Earlier, the Indian Army cancelled Lt. Gen. Rath's appointment as Deputy Chief of Army Staff after his name cropped up in the scam.

A no objection certificate is mandatory for sale of land adjacent to military stations.

A preliminary army probe revealed that the institution had no connection with Mayo College, the premise under which the NOC was issued.

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