In the latest turf war between the Lalit Kala Akademi and the Ministry of Culture, the latter sealed the Akademi's record room at its headquarters in Rabindra Bhavan in New Delhi. The room has records pertaining to various inquiries against Dr. Sudhakar Sharma, Secretary of the Akademi, who was dismissed twice in the past. The Ministry took the step after it discovered that Sharma's aide was present in the room last week, allegedly tampering with files. It's the first instance of the Ministry sealing a room of the premier institute of fine arts, an autonomous body under the Ministry. A report sent by an Akademi official to the Ministry notes that R K Sharma was "found tampering with digital and other records". R K Sharma is Sudhakar Sharma's defence assistant in the disciplinary proceedings against him. The room, No. 205, is opposite Sudhakar Sharma's cabin on the second floor of the Akademi building. A Ministry report says "it is learnt that Sudhakar Sharma managed to get a duplicate key of the room where documentary proofs supporting the article of charges against him are stored". A Ministry official, who is supervising the matter, claimed "Sudhakar Sharma facilitated the entry of R K Sharma to the record room".