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Handsome amounts paid for stolen papers

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, April 20 � A �handsome monthly amount� was paid by the arrested corporate executives to those �hired� for obtaining the �stolen documents� from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), the Delhi Police said in its chargesheet submitted to a court here in the documents leak case, reports PTI.

The money to the tune of Rs 2.5 lakh per month was being paid to the two accused, Lalta Prasad and Rakesh Kumar, who were the first to be arrested outside the Shastri Bhavan, it said.

Shailesh Saxena from RIL, Vinay Kumar from Essar, KK Naik from Cairns India, Subhash Chandra from Jubilant Energy and Rishi Anand from Reliance ADAG, energy consultant Prayas Jain and journalist Shantanu Saikia used to pay the amount to them, the chargesheet said.

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