Coal scam: CBI books former coal secy, KM Birla
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday lodged a case against former coal secretary PC Parekh and chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Kumar Mangalam Birla for alleged irregularities in the allocation of two coal blocks in Odisha in 2005.
A CBI spokesperson said an inter-ministerial screening committee had allocated two coal blocks at Talabira-2 in Jharsuguda district of Odisha exclusively to the Tamil Nadu-based public sector unit Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) under the government dispensation scheme.
But later, it allowed Hindalco to share these blocks with NLC. The change came after a meeting between KM Birla and the then coal secretary PC Parekh, the spokesperson said.
However, the agency has so far found no evidence of any quid pro quo between the two, a CBI official said.
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