The CBI might have well unearthed the tip of the iceberg of China's penetration into India's defense industry with the help of Indian moles.
Last week, the indigenously built Dhanush - the 155mm artillery guns developed on the lines of the famed Bofors howitzers - failed yet again after reaching the last phase of tests. The shell again hit the muzzle brake which is a key component fitted on the top of the barrel. It helps in reducing the recoil created when a shell is fired.
Sources said the gun had faced a similar issue in the test fires carried out in May this year.
The guns are being manufactured at Gun Carriage Factory at Jabalpur.
Sensing a rat, the Central Bureau of Investigation quietly initiated a probe into the alleged supply of Chinese parts, which were being camouflaged as 'Made in Germany', for manufacturing the 155mm Dhanush guns
Acting on a source information that fake and cheap Chinese parts were reaching the production line of indigenised Bofors guns, the Bureau booked a Delhi-based firm Sidh Sales Syndicate and unknown officers of Guns Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur for criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery.
Bofors artillery guns were used by army during the Kargil war in 1999 that gave Indian forces an upper hand over Pakistan military.
CBI, in an FIR lodged on Wednesday, alleged that the supplier connived with GCF officials to supply duplicate spare parts (bearings) used in the manufacture of Dhanush guns.
The GCF officials accepted Chinese manufactured 'Wire Race Roller Bearings' supplied by Sidh Sales Syndicate which were embossed as 'CRB-Made in Germany', said CBI.
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Dhanush failure: CBI finds the reason
By IndianMandarins - 2017-07-21 23:55:09
The CBI might have well unearthed the tip of the iceberg of China's penetration into India's defense industry with the help of Indian moles.
Last week, the indigenously built Dhanush - the 155mm artillery guns developed on the lines of the famed Bofors howitzers - failed yet again after reaching the last phase of tests. The shell again hit the muzzle brake which is a key component fitted on the top of the barrel. It helps in reducing the recoil created when a shell is fired.
Sources said the gun had faced a similar issue in the test fires carried out in May this year.
The guns are being manufactured at Gun Carriage Factory at Jabalpur.
Sensing a rat, the Central Bureau of Investigation quietly initiated a probe into the alleged supply of Chinese parts, which were being camouflaged as 'Made in Germany', for manufacturing the 155mm Dhanush guns
Acting on a source information that fake and cheap Chinese parts were reaching the production line of indigenised Bofors guns, the Bureau booked a Delhi-based firm Sidh Sales Syndicate and unknown officers of Guns Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur for criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery.
Bofors artillery guns were used by army during the Kargil war in 1999 that gave Indian forces an upper hand over Pakistan military.
CBI, in an FIR lodged on Wednesday, alleged that the supplier connived with GCF officials to supply duplicate spare parts (bearings) used in the manufacture of Dhanush guns.
The GCF officials accepted Chinese manufactured 'Wire Race Roller Bearings' supplied by Sidh Sales Syndicate which were embossed as 'CRB-Made in Germany', said CBI.
