Chargesheet is against the 13 accused arrested in the case.
As per an affidavit submitted by the petroleum ministry, 8 of the 189 sold documents were classified. However, Official Secrets Act were invoked in this chargesheet as a specific reply from the ministry is pending in the matter.
There are more than 200 pages in the police report which goes on to specify the role of each of the suspects in the case.
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On February 20, crime branch had arrested officials of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), Essar, Cairns and others.
The arrested corporates were Shailesh Saxena of RIL, Vinay Kumar of Essar, KK Naik of Cairns, Subhash Chandra of Jubilant Energy, Rishi Anand of Reliance ADAG.
A day before this, the police had arrested multi tasking officers of petrolium ministry including Asharam and his two son. Two other associates were arrested two.
This was followed by the arrests of energy consultants Santanu Saikia, Lokesh Sharma and others.
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The scandal got murkier as confidential documents including an input for the upcoming finance minister's Budget speech were allegedly leaked in the whole operation.
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said he wants the guilty to be brought to book and would comment only after the investigation is complete. "Let the investigation be over. No one will be spared," he said.
Three diaries recovered from the accused, who have been arrested, have led to the revelation. According to sources, there could be many important names and numbers in these diaries.
The crime branch probe has indicated that the accused were in possession of papers from other ministries as well.
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