Guilty will not be spared, says Rajnath Singh on oil ministry leak case

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday promised that those involved in the corporate espionage case will not be spared. “No guilty person would be spared and strictest punishment would be given to them,” said Rajnath Singh while adding 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. [caption id=“attachment_2101729” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. AFP[/caption] The minister further assured that the Delhi Police will thoroughly investigate the matter and culprits will be booked. When asked whether such documents had been leaked during previous governments too, the senior BJP leader refused to rule out any such possibility. 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.