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Shri Rajiv Singh assisting appellant submitted that the background of this case lies in FIR No. 98 which has resulted from documents having been discovered in Reliance Office which were secret documents obtained from Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Ministry of Home Affairs therefore, referred the case to the CBI on 13.11.08 for enquiry. A copy of this FIR is with appellant Shri Naresh Dixit. He further submitted that the then Home Minister, Shri L. K. Advani in answer to an unstarred Q. No. 2526 answered on 15.12.98 in the Lok Sabha had confirmed that the raids had been conducted and documents regarding INSAT 2C & 2D and contract of Gas Supply Project had been seized. A copy of this unstarred question and the answers thereto has been received from appellant and is reproduced below:
(d) If so, the action being taken by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER The Minister of Home Affairs (Shri L. K. Advani)
a) to (b ): The CBI has conducted raids at the residences and office premises of officials/ executives/ associates of the Reliance Group of Industries in Mumbai and Delhi recently. Photocopies of two classified documents were recovered during these raids. One of these documents relates to a proposal for long-term gas supply contract while the other document relates to INSAT 2C and 2D