Accord­ing to advoca­te, an FIR has not been regist­ered agains­t theft of docume­nts relati­ng to Rafale dealThe Indian government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents associated to the Rafale aircraft deal have been stolen from the defence ministry. When Bhushan pointed to an article written by senior journalist N Ram in The Hindu, Venugopal said the articles were based on stolen documents. What changes with Modi’s Rafale dealAn FIR has not been registered against the theft of documents relating to Rafale deal, he said. Venugopal added the documents relied upon by Bhushan were stolen from the defence ministry and an investigation into the matter was underway. The chief justice further said hearing Bhushan did not mean the top court was taking on record the documents on the Rafale deal.

Source: The Express Tribune March 06, 2019 18:11 UTC