New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that guilty who are involved in the corporate espionage case will not be spared.
Rajnath Singh said, “No guilty person would be spared and strictest punishment would be given to them.”
He also said that the BJP-led NDA government should be commended for unearthing the scandal in which classified documents, including an input for upcoming Finance Minister’s budget speech, were allegedly stolen and leaked to corporate houses.
Union Minister further assured that the Delhi Police will thoroughly investigate the matter and culprits will be booked.
Notify that five senior executives from top energy firms and two consultants are among the 12 people arrested in the case so far.
Two energy consultants — Santanu Saikia, a former journalist, now running a petro web portal and Prayas Jain – were arrested last morning as they were also suspected to be receivers of the stolen documents.
The Delhi Police had on Thursday arrested five people – two Petroleum Ministry employees and three others – for stealing documents and leaking them to corporate houses.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval had asked RAW to initiate action soon after a TV channel report said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was shown images of INS Arihant, a nuclear submarine, at a DRDO function.
Fresh raids are being conducted today by the Delhi Police which says that the stolen documents included top-secret government information not just from the Petroleum Ministry, as suspected till Friday morning, but the Coal, Power and Defence Ministries too.
Among those arrested yesterday were Shailesh Saxena of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Rishi Anand of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), Vinay Kumar of Essar and KK Naik of Cairn India. All these are high-ranking officials in their respective companies.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter said, “Compliments (to the) Delhi Police for busting espionage racket. During interrogation, police should try to reach top people, who would benefit from leaked info.”
Bureau Report
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