Coal block case: Manmohan Singh, ex-coal secy Parakh, Hindalco officials summoned as accused

by Shivendra Singh · March 11, 2015

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh.

Manmohan Singh, K M Birla, former coal Secretary Parakh, Hindalco officials Shubendu Amitabh and D Bhattacharya were summoned as accused in coal block case on Wednesday.

The special court has summoned them for offences of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. The court directed all six accused to appear before it on April 8.

Earlier in February, special public prosecutor V K Sharma had informed the court about the completion of the probe and said, “We have completed the further investigation. We are filing some documents before the court, which have not been filed earlier. We also examined one more witness during the probe, and filing his statements in a sealed cover.”