New Delhi, MTT News Desk: Even the row over Indian Army Chief General VK Singh’s age was not settled, his likely successor Lt Gen Bikram Singh has been hit by a slew of allegations including being involved in a fake-encounter in Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK).

Lieutenant General Bikram Singh is currently the senior most lieutenant general of the Indian Army. Let. Gen. Bikram Singh is facing a murder charge in the High Court of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK).

Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh staged a 2001 fake encounter in Kashmir, claiming to have killed a foreign militant, but later a case was filed in the OSJK High Court, claiming that the killed man was a resident of Machil area in Kupwara.

Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh was then brigading the 5 Sector Rashtriya Rifles unit headquartered Islamabad district of the occupied territory.

In the writ petition filed by a Kashmiri woman, Zaituna, it was said that the youth, killed in the March 1, 2001, shootout was her son Abdullah Butt, a resident of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir (OSJK).

During an interaction with reporters in New Delhi on the sidelines of a defence function, when army chief V.K. Singh’s attention was brought towards the writ petition against Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh, he refused to comment.

"The report about Bikram Singh is not with us. When it comes to us, we will let you know," the army chief said.

The petition seeks investigation of the case and remains of the killed youth exhumed for DNA test.

"The photographs of the victim (killed militant) taken by police must also be shown to the family for identification," the petitioner said.

The court in its order on Oct 13, 2011, sought all records pertaining to the case for perusal.

Besides, an MP is also reported to have written to the Prime Minister saying it would not be right to promote Lt Gen Bikram Singh to the rank of Army Chief as his daughter in-law is from Pakistan.

With the Defence Ministry rejecting Gen VK Singh's contention that 1951, and not 1950, be considered his year of birth, he is set to retire on May 31 this year.