Four years on, CBI yet to file coal scam charge sheet against officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has not filed any charge sheet against the officials of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in the coal scam case. And this in spite of these officials being under the scanner of the investigating agency for four years.

The CBI is examining the files obtained from the PMO in the case relating to the allocation of coal blocks by the then PM, Dr Manmohan Singh, who was also in charge of the Ministry of Coal.

The CBI had given a clean chit to Dr Singh in September 2015, saying there was no prima facie evidence to suggest he was involved in allocating coal blocks to any company. According to sources, the agency has so far filed 55 FIRs against various companies in the case.

The matter was raised in the Lok Sabha this week, following which Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the PMO, said: “The CBI has obtained these files in 20 cases. The investigating agency has