Coal Scam: Coal scam: CBI closes case pertaining to 1998 allotment of Kilhoni block
NEW DELHI: After a nearly four-year probe, the CBI has filed a closure report in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allotment of Kilhoni coal block in Maharashtra to Nippon Denro Ispat Limited in 1998, officials said on Tuesday. The agency had started the preliminary enquiry on the directions of the central vigilance commission in 2012 where a complaint was filed by then Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit and six other then MPs alleging irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks during the period 1993-2005. On the basis of findings of its inquiry, the agency had deemed it fit to convert it into an FIR. However after four years of probe, the CBI has filed a closure report before a special court on December 23, 2023 as it did not find enough evidence to file a charge sheet. Th...