Another module allegedly involved in leaking confidential documents from the Coal and Power Ministries was unearthed today, by the Delhi Police. 

They arrested one person and detained six others in the corporate espionage case.

The Crime Branch has registered a separate FIR under different sections for trespass, theft, criminal conspiracy and fraud in this case as this module operated separately - different from the one involved in the petroleum ministry racket in which 12 people have been arrested so far.

The man arrested in this new module has been identified as Lokesh, who worked for a consultancy firm in Noida.

At least six persons were picked up for questioning from Shastri Bhavan in this connection by the Crime Branch and more arrests are likely to follow soon. 

Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said that during the course of investigation, the Delhi police had come to know about Lokesh’s alleged involvement in recovering documents from the Ministries of Coal as well as Power.

“We have registered a case and are making further efforts to arrest his accomplices. We have registered a second FIR,” Bassi said.

However, Bassi refrained from divulging any further details about the module’s operations. 

He added, “It is a second module. It is separate and has no linkages with that particular case though it belonged to the same class. Since it lacked linkages, we have arrested him under a separate FIR.”

Cracking down on a suspected case of corporate espionage, the Delhi Police had arrested two junior Oil Ministry officials and three other middlemen for allegedly leaking classified government documents to energy companies.

On Friday last, two energy consultants Santanu Saikia and Prayas Jain and five senior executives from top energy firms identified as Shailesh Saxena from RIL, Vinay Kumar from Essar, KK Naik from Cairns, Subhash Chandra from Jubilant Energy and Rishi Anand from ADAG Reliance were arrested.