Corporate espionage: Delhi Police all set to get tough, big fish to face the music next?
28 Feb 2015 12:05 AM GMT
According to sources, in the next few days the Special Investigation Team is likely to question presidents of all the corporate houses including Jubiliant Energy, Reliance ADAG, Essar and Cairns India. Few days ago, senior executives of these corporate houses were arrested for purchasing the leaked documents.
“We have intensively quizzed all the five persons who work for these five corporate houses. They have given some clues about the involvement of other employees of their companies. We are yet to collect concrete evidences against them. However, few of them have been detained by the team,” a source said.
Speaking to Millennium Post, a senior police official said: “Until we gather evidence against anyone we cannot summon them. Whereas we have called them informally to join the probe. They will be quizzed by the team and their statement won’t be recorded. Their answers or revelation would be considered as an informal information.”
So far, 16 persons have been arrested in the corporate espionage case including a former business journalist. Their modus operandi was to target particular offices in the ministry and then the lower rung was assigned to follow concerned officials to procure the highly classified documents.
Two FIRs have been registered by the Crime Branch under various sections of IPC relating to trespassing, criminal conspiracy, forgery and fraud in this case.
Meanwhile, senior police officials are concerned that most of the documents are being destroyed after the scam was exposed.
After the espionage case, new guidelines have been issued following which a strict vigil is being kept on all the visitors and they are not to be left alone, the guidelines said.
“We have intensively quizzed all the five persons who work for these five corporate houses. They have given some clues about the involvement of other employees of their companies. We are yet to collect concrete evidences against them. However, few of them have been detained by the team,” a source said.
Speaking to Millennium Post, a senior police official said: “Until we gather evidence against anyone we cannot summon them. Whereas we have called them informally to join the probe. They will be quizzed by the team and their statement won’t be recorded. Their answers or revelation would be considered as an informal information.”
So far, 16 persons have been arrested in the corporate espionage case including a former business journalist. Their modus operandi was to target particular offices in the ministry and then the lower rung was assigned to follow concerned officials to procure the highly classified documents.
Two FIRs have been registered by the Crime Branch under various sections of IPC relating to trespassing, criminal conspiracy, forgery and fraud in this case.
Meanwhile, senior police officials are concerned that most of the documents are being destroyed after the scam was exposed.
After the espionage case, new guidelines have been issued following which a strict vigil is being kept on all the visitors and they are not to be left alone, the guidelines said.
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