In other news, a Delhi court dismisses the bail plea of journalist Shantanu Saikia, arrested in the Petroleum Ministry documents leak case. Delhi Police crime branch arrested the former journalist and another energy consultant Prayas Jain on February 20.

Saikia runs an energy portal named indianpetro.com. Saikia and Jain have been accused of buying the leaked documents, analysing them and selling them off to business houses, police say.