Briefcase 1 Defence Ministry says the document leak appears to be "from overseas and not from India". The Defence Ministry today said the source of the leak of over 20,000 top secret documents detailing the capabilities of the French-designed Scorpene submarine being built for the Indian Navy appeared to be "from overseas and not from India". "It appears that the source of leak is from overseas and not in India," a statement released by the Navy said. It is a case of hacking," Parrikar had said in his first reaction to the Scorpene submarine leak. ALSO READ | Over 20,000 pages of classified data on India's Scorpene submarine leaked, says report

Source: India Today August 24, 2016 05:48 UTC