4 accused in document leak case sent to police custody

February 20, 2015 16:37

Four of the accused in the petroleum ministry document leak case were today remanded in police custody till February 23 by a court after the Delhi police alleged that they were providing "secret" material to certain corporate houses.

The crime branch of Delhi police produced the seven accused before chief metropolitan magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal and said it required the custodial interrogation of Lalta Prasad, Rakesh Kumar, Prayas Jain and Shantanu Saikia as "sensitive" documents have been recovered.

The police alleged that "incriminating" documents of the coal, power and other ministries were recovered from the possession of the accused who were supplying these to certain corporate houses for their benefit.

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