The leaks scandal got even bigger on Monday with police bringing a probe into documents accusing stolen from the defence ministry even as the crime branch arrested energy consultant Lokesh Sharma, a key player in the corporate espionage case, and questioned eight others.
Police investigated a defence ministry employee for more than six hours on Monday, highly placed sources told TOI. He has been recognized as Virender, who is doubted to have leaked secret documents from the highly secured ministry and was in touch with some of the accused in the case.
With classified defence documents coming into the probe ambit, cops could press for putting the Official Secrets Act. Defence is the fourth ministry, after oil, coal and power, to enter the list of compromised departments.
Meanwhile, police arrested 33-year-old Lokesh Sharma, who worked for Noida-based firm Infraline Energy and was leaking documents from the petroleum, coal and power ministries, JCP (crime) Ravindra Yadav said.
