Espionage case: Pradhan confident about 'positive' outcome of probe

Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said the corporate espionage case is being thoroughly investigated and added that things would become clear after the probe is over.

"The investigation is on and a clearer picture shall come up only after that. I had said earlier as well that we won't just talk about corruption, but will do something concrete. A proper investigation is taking place and things will be clear after it is over," said Pradhan.

Earlier on Saturday, a Delhi Court had sent five corporate honchos arrested in the classified documents leak case to three-day police custody.

The executives from five energy companies - Shailesh Saxena (Manager, Corporate Affairs, RIL), Vinay Kumar (DGM, Essar), KK Naik (GM, Cairns India), Subhash Chandra (Senior Executive, Jubilant Energy) and Rishi Anand (DGM, ADAG Reliance), were arrested by the Delhi Police late on Friday evening.

Two other persons arrested in this case are Santanu Saikia, who runs energy portal, and Prayas Jain, an energy consultant. With this, the number of people arrested in this corporate espionage case has reached 12.