The arrested accused has been identified as Lokesh Sharma (33), a resident of Uttam Nagar. He used to procure documents from the Ministry of Coal, Power and Petroleum with help from insiders. Besides, transferring documents to his own consultancy firm, he used to sell them to other energy consultants,” said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch).
A source close to the investigation said: “Highly classified documents, including a CAG report on hydrocarbon production; reports of public accounts committee and documents relating to coal block were among the leaked government papers.” The source further said, more than 300 documents have been leaked from the coal, power and petroleum ministry.
“The accused persons tried to destroy the documents once they were sold to the corporate houses, in fear of being caught,” the source said.
The papers that have been recovered from the accused persons also include few documents that were not even signed by the concerned person. Chits and notes have been found too, in the possession of the accused.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch has summoned the CISF inspector, since CISF is responsible for the security of Shastri Bhavan.
The Crime Branch has registered a new FIR under various sections of the IPC relating to trespass, criminal conspiracy, forgery and fraud in this case, as this module operated independent of the one involved in the Petroleum ministry racket, in which 12 people have been arrested so far.
“The accused persons have managed to tap people within the ministry, who used to keep close watch of the proceedings. There were confidential meetings that took place almost every day. They had managed to track details of such meetings, irrespective of the finality of pending decisions. This indicates the kind of interest these people had in the petroleum ministry, in particular,” the source added.
A source close to the investigation said: “Highly classified documents, including a CAG report on hydrocarbon production; reports of public accounts committee and documents relating to coal block were among the leaked government papers.” The source further said, more than 300 documents have been leaked from the coal, power and petroleum ministry.
“The accused persons tried to destroy the documents once they were sold to the corporate houses, in fear of being caught,” the source said.
The papers that have been recovered from the accused persons also include few documents that were not even signed by the concerned person. Chits and notes have been found too, in the possession of the accused.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch has summoned the CISF inspector, since CISF is responsible for the security of Shastri Bhavan.
The Crime Branch has registered a new FIR under various sections of the IPC relating to trespass, criminal conspiracy, forgery and fraud in this case, as this module operated independent of the one involved in the Petroleum ministry racket, in which 12 people have been arrested so far.
“The accused persons have managed to tap people within the ministry, who used to keep close watch of the proceedings. There were confidential meetings that took place almost every day. They had managed to track details of such meetings, irrespective of the finality of pending decisions. This indicates the kind of interest these people had in the petroleum ministry, in particular,” the source added.