Ex-Union minister charged in Coalgate scam
Case was registered against Gupta, who is at present RS member
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-03 03:30 GMT
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday registered a case against former Union minister Prem Chand Gupta, a close aide of RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad, and his son for allegedly falsifying records in getting a coal block in Maharashtra.
The case was registered against Mr Gupta, who is at present a Rajya Sabha member, and his son Gaurav after the CVC agreed with CBI that a case was made out, official sources said.
This is the 24th FIR registered by the agency in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam being monitored by the Supreme Court.