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CBI files chargesheet against three Reliance officials

Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet in a Delhi court against three top officials of Reliance Industries including the group's president V Balasubramaniam under the Official Secrets Act for possessing secret Cabinet papers and the case would come for hearing on March 27.

Besides Balasubramaniam, the CBI named one of the vice presidents of the group A N Sethuraman and its general manager of corporate affairs Shanker Adawal besides the Reliance Industries Corporate Body in the chargesheet filed at the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate J P S Malik's court.

The court took cognizance of the chargesheet and fixed March 27 as the next date of hearing, CBI sources said in New Delhi.

The CBI has charged the three under Secton 5(4) and 5(2) of the Official Secrets Act for allegedly possessing secret documents of the Cabinet, the sources said.

The CBI had filed a case after Delhi Police, during its investigations against Romesh Sharma, had found secret documents from the corporate office of the Reliance Industries located at a five-star hotel in the capital.

The CBI alleged that Delhi Police had found secret papers from the drawers of Balasubramaniam, which included some of the internal decisions taken by the Union Cabinet.

During the course of investigation, the CBI had questioned all of them after which the case was referred for legal opinion.

A self-styled politician, Sharma allegedly was front man of under world don, Dawood Ibrahim.

A Reliance spokesman said they were not aware of the chargesheet reported to have been filed by the CBI and, therefore are not in a position to comment on it.

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