The Indian court documents did not contain any response from Tissot to the email. A Pernod spokesperson told Reuters Mishra and Tissot had no comments for the story. The Indian agency stated that Pernod, which wanted to strengthen its control of retail distribution in Delhi, was part of an industry campaign to lobby authorities to privatise retail liquor stores. It alleged that Babu was "fully involved in the conspiracy" to send 4,000 emails to "influence policy formulation to suit the interest of Pernod".