Leakgate (also Filegate
) was a 2015 scandal in
India involving the theft and sale of official documents. According to the
Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmen ...
, officials, including those with the
Department of Economic Affairs and the
Department of Investment and Public Asset Management allegedly stole documents related to foreign investments and sold them to a firm based in
Mumbai, who passed the documents on to a number of private companies, including DLF Limitless Developers,
HDFC Bank,
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Infraline Energy Modril India, Prime Living, NovaLead Pharma,
IndusInd Bank and Kakardi British Realty.
The ensuing investigation resulted in at least 20 arrests, and at least seven others being detained for questioning.
The documents included a classified report on the national gas grid; a letter from Principle Secretary to the
Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
,
Nripendra Misra, to the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; drafts of global energy cooperation pacts between India and other countries including
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
; and sectoral budget proposals.
According to the ''
Times of India'', four individuals entered
Shastri Bhawan, a government building in
New Delhi after hours using forged identification and duplicate keys, disabled security cameras, and stole or photocopied documents which they then sold.
See also
*
List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
Notes
References
Scandals in India
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