A court in Delhi extended by 14 days the judicial custody of six people who have been accused of the leaks and sale of confidential government documents.
A court in Delhi on Wednesday extended by 14 days the judicial custody of six people who have been accused of the leaks and sale of confidential government documents.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge SC Rajan remanded chartered accountant Khemchand Gandhi and Paresh Chimanlal Budhdev, a partner in Mumbai-based Chitale and Associates, with four others in judicial custody till April 29.
All six accused were presented before court in connection with the leak and sale of confidential government documents stolen from various ministries in New Delhi.
Four government employees -- Ashok Kumar Singh, Lala Ram Sharma, Daljeet Singh and Ram Niwas -- are the other accused in the case.
The court also fixed April 20 as the date of hearing on the bail plea of Mr Budhdev and Mr Sharma.
An upper division clerk in the department of industrial policy and promotion, Mr Singh was arrested from his hideout in the capital last month and the CBI said he was allegedly providing confidential documents to his counterparts in the finance ministry, who in turn were giving these to the Mumbai-based Mr Gandhi, who later passed them onto various corporate houses.
The CBI on March 12 filed a case and raided eight places, including offices of various ministries and private establishments in New Delhi and Mumbai, and arrested under-secretary in the disinvestment and grievances department Ashok Kumar Singh and section officer in the economic affairs department Lala Ram Sharma.
Mr Gandhi was arrested from Mumbai during the raid conducted by the CBI.