The CBI gave its nod before a special court on Monday to make an employee of Jindal Group an approver in a coal scam case involving industrialist Naveen Jindal of the group and others as accused. On April 29, the court had ordered framing of charges against the accused for criminal conspiracy, cheating and other offences in Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case. Earlier, the court had allowed CBI to quiz Singhal and further probe the matter before answering his application. Jindal, former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao, ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and 12 others are accused in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and GSIPL in 2008. During the proceedings, the CBI told the court that the investigation was being conducted in the matter and it had recorded the statement of the accused and had recovered certain documents during the probe.

Source: Hindustan Times May 30, 2016 14:15 UTC