New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation is set to tell the Supreme Court that it has completed investigations into the coal allocation scam, say sources. Sources say the CBI investigation against Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla is still on.
In November, 2013, Kumar Mangalam Birla was named along with former coal secretary PC Parakh in the coal scam FIR.
On Wednesday, the CBI had lodged new complaints against two companies over the alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks, an official said in New Delhi. The CBI has named Castron Technologies Ltd, Castron Mining, BLA Industries Pvt Ltd, the managing director of BLA Industries, and some public and private officials in the First Information Reports (FIRs).
"The allegations are that undeserving companies were allocated coal blocks. BLA Industries was permitted to sell coal in the open market against the principle of captive mining," an official said.
Meanwhile, the Central government on Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that something went wrong in the development and regulation of coal blocks. "Ideally coal block allocation should have been a consultative exercise with the state governments and it could have been done in a better way," said Attorney General of India GE Vahanvati.
However, Vahanvati added that the decision of allocations was taken in good faith. "We took decision in good faith but something turned out to be wrong," he said.
The Centre was responding to states governments affidavit over the coal blocks allocation. The states governments' affidavit says that they have no role in the allocation of coal blocks and it was solely the Centre's decision.
However, the Centre denied it saying that the state too had role in coal blocks allocation as clearances like environment are given by the state government.
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