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Rafale aircraft deal documents stolen, government tells SC
Updated On: 07 March, 2019 10:55 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Soon after a leading daily publishes an article pertaining to the deal, govt threatens it with the Official Secrets Act
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A Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft displayed at the Aero India 2019 airshow at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore on February 24, 2019. File pic/AFP
The government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry and threatened The Hindu newspaper with the Official Secrets Act for publishing articles based on them.
Those who put documents on the Rafale deal in the public domain are guilty under the Official Secrets Act and contempt of court, Attorney General K K Venugopal said before a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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