Shekhar Gupta, the chief editor of the Indian Express, is a “UPA stooge”, says Gen VK Singh (retd). The former army chief posted 10 tweets [read them here] over Sunday and Monday, accusing Gupta of running a company that was involved in the scam-tainted Commonwealth Games and possessing a Rs 55-crore house in the exclusive Chanakyapuri locality in the heart of the capital.

Gen Singh’s blitzkrieg comes days after the Express reported that the former army had misused secret service funds and tried to topple Omar Abdullah’s government in Jammu and Kashmir. The Express said its news report was based on the findings of an official inquiry that also recommended a CBI probe.

The report was published on September 20, a day after the former army chief shared the dais with Narendra Modi.

The next day, the BJP questioned the timing of the story, and accused the government of vendetta, but there was no response immediately from Gen Singh. He has responded now, through Twitter, and has targeted the chief editor of the Express.

Earlier, on April 4, 2012, the Indian Express had done a story that hinted that Gen Singh had planned a coup bang in the middle of his battle with the government over his date of birth.

Here are the 10 tweets, the veracity of which, of course, could not be ascertained:

• Some pieces of information about Shekhar Gupta, CE @IndianExpress: 1.His company was involved in Commonwealth Games (read scam) too (1/Many)
• With a 55 Cr house on Malcha marg, he can be trusted to be a UPA stooge. No doubt he has been using IE as a medium to put out slander
• Shekhar Gupta's company's data: He & his wife Neelam Jolly started a company Greenpine Agro Pvt Ltd in 2002. No accounts filed 4 many yrs
• All accounts from 2003 to 2009 filed on Jan 2010 with Delhi RoC & current year 2010 filed on May 2010. (4/Many)
• Closed down the company by filing EES (Early Exit Scheme like @RahulDumbGandhi backops) on Aug 30, 2010. #ShekharGupta @IndianExpress
• Accounts are cooked up. One loan he took in 2002, for a meagre Rs12 lakh shows he that at the time he owned three 2 acre farms #ShekharGupta
• Greenpine was a closely held company by husband & wife.They closed down in Aug 2010. @IndianExpress #ShekharGupta
• Editor who has done so many 'investigative' reports filed balance sheets for eight years on one day -Jan 18'10 @IndianExpress #ShekharGupta
• In 2004, balancesheets indicated an unsecured loan of Rs.45 lakh,but later,just as in case of the farm houses the balancesheets 'cleaned up'
• I have more to say and share (with proof), but wonder if @IndianExpress will carry my story on their Chief Editor #ShekharGupta ?