CBI to close coal case against Kumar Mangalam Birla, P C Parakh
CBI sources said that allegations levelled by it in the FIR could not be substantiated
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-26 04:46 GMT
New Delhi: The CBI on Monday said that it will close this week the case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P.C. Parakh in connection with alleged irregularities in the allocation of Talabira-II coal block.
CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said the closure report is likely to filed this week. The age-ncy had reached conclusion to include names of Mr Birla and Mr Parakh in the FIR in connection with allocation of Talabira-II coal block after scrutinising related files during its nearly 16 month-long preliminary enquiry.
CBI sources said that allegations levelled by it in the FIR could not be substantiated by it.
Immediately after the case was registered by the agency on October 15, 2013, the Prime Minister's Office had given a detailed clarification saying, “The Prime Minister is satisfied that the final decision taken in this regard was entirely appr-opriate and is based on the merits of the case placed before him.”
The agency’s decision to file the FIR had come under criticism from the former Union coal secretary who said in his book that “The CBI is either outright incompetent or is playing a deeper game.”