Petroleum ministry leak: Arrested corporate officials to be produced in court

New Delhi, Feb 21: The five officials of corporate entities, arrested in petroleum ministry document leakage case, would be produced before the Patiala House court here Saturday. Those arrested Friday were RIL corporate affairs manager Shailesh Saxena, Jubilant Energy senior executive Subash Chandra, Reliance ADAG DGM Rishi Anand, Essar DGM Vinay and Cairns India GM K.K. Naik. The executives were booked under sections dealing with criminal conspiracy and use of stolen property. Earlier, the court sent four other accused, including a former journalist, to police custody till Feb 23. With the seven arrests Friday, the total number of arrests in the case went up to 12. The first information report (FIR) details show the "secret papers" were photocopied after office hours by the arrested, who used duplicate keys to open the offices after entering Shastri Bhawan with the help of forged identity cards and temporary passes obtained fraudulently.