Coal Scam Cases

ED sleuths, probing coal-smuggling case in WB, recovered Rs 1 crore from the office of a Kolkata-based businessman after a marathon raid and search operation at his residence and office on Wednesday

The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 41 people, including senior officials of Eastern Coalfields Limited, in its charge sheet filed at a court in West Bengal's Asansol in a multi-crore coal pilferage scam. Among others who find mention in the charge sheet are private companies and unknown officials of the CISF and Railways, a CBI statement said. "They entered into a conspiracy and in pursuance of that, fraudulently misappropriated coal from the coal reserve of leasehold areas under the dominion of ECL, and also from the coal stock parked in the Railway sidings for sale and supply," it said. "It was further alleged that the said accused had obtained undue advantage in the form of huge and regular cash amount as bribe from said private person and facilitated misappropriation of coal from ECL leasehold area and thereby extended undue protection & patronage to the illegal coal syndicate," the statement added. The charge sheet was filed on Tuesday. Sleuths of the CBI have ...

SC on Monday appointed Arun Bhardwaj and Sanjay Bansal as special judges to conduct trials in the coal scam cases pending since 2014

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