Just before Thimayya’s formal retirement, the Menon-Kaul duo even went so far as to institute an enquiry on the charge of treason against the outgoing army chief on frivolous grounds. The charge of ‘treason’ instituted against Thimayya was symptomatic of the times. The highly respected Verma, who had been expected to take over Western Command, eventually left India to seek refuge in London in order to get away from the vindictiveness of the powers that be. Another officer caught in the crossfire of vendetta was Major General Sam Manekshaw, the then commandant of the Defence Services Staff
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