Sumedha Sharma,Tribune news Service,Gurgaon, March 12

Retired Wing Commander CK Sharma was placed in judicial custody till March 25 by a city court today for alleged financial irregularities committed in an organisation for defence veterans and their widows.Sharma was booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC and was arrested on Thursday night from his Palam Vihar residence. Sharma’s daughter Daughter Nisha Sharma took to Facebook to seek support for him claiming his arrest to be an outcome of political vendetta.“My father has fought both the wars for India and also led the OROP movement at Jantar mantar. He has never stolen Rs 1 all his life. The way he was arrested was shameful. Five policemen barged into my parents house, threw his phones away. He was just picked up from his bed (he has been hospitalised and sick for the last 2 weeks). And he is spending the night with diabetes, hyper tension and a heart condition. The police are not telling us where he is and what is his condition. The charges are fake and inspired by political vendetta please support the man who supported countless widows and armed forced personnel” read the post.Major General (Retd) Satbir Singh, who’s leading the OROP movement, tweeted, “this is utter high headedness of the Police against all norms in violation of Court orders. Please releas imdt. (sic)

”The police had booked Sharma along with Major General (retd.) Satbir Singh and Group Capt (retd) V K Gandhi on complaint of Lietenant General (retd) Raj Kadiyan, the chairman of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM).