Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

CBI blames Jharkhand govt in coal scam

- HT Correspond­ent

The CBI on Monday told a special court that industrali­st Naveen Jindal, former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao, ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and ex-coal secretary HC Gupta had conspired with others to get a coal block allocated in favour of two Jindal group firms.

The agency said also that the entire system in the Jharkhand government was ‘manipulate­d’ to favour the Jindal group so that Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Private Ltd (GSIPL) could be allocated the Amarkonda Murgadanga­l coal block.

“Dasari Narayan Rao, Madhu Koda, Naveen Jindal, HC Gupta and all others conspired with the private persons and entered into a criminal conspiracy to get the coal block allocated in favour of the Jindal group firms,” senior public prosecutor VK Sharma told Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar.

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