Monday, May 31, 2010

NSCS case:RTI reply shows cracks in police theory

PTI : Abhishek Shukla : STAFF WRITER 13:52 HRS IST
New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) Loopholes seem to be emerging in the probe into the 2006 National Security Council Secretariat spying case as an RTI reply said there is no record of Delhi Police seeking NSCS' opinion on documents found in computer of an accused, which later became the basis of his arrest.
The Delhi Police had claimed that it had sought the views of the Secretariat on two electronic documents recovered from the computer of one of the accused, retired Navy Commander Mukesh Saini.
A director at NSCS, Vinod Kumar Mall, had opined that possession of the said documents was unauthorised and classified which became the basis of Saini's arrest under the Official Secrets Act.
However, in an RTI reply to Saini, the NSCS has said there are no entries in its records of receiving such communication from Delhi Police.