Record Manmohan Singhs Statement : Court tells CBI A special court hearing the coal block case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others here on Tuesday asked CBI to record the statement of former prime minister Manmohan Singh who was then holding coal ministry portfolio. Special Judge Bharat Parashar asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to record the statement of Manmohan Singh in the case. The court also ordered CBI to conduct further investigation in the case and posted the matter for Jan 27. I have ordered further investigation. I desire that statement of then coal minister (Manmohan Singh) be recorded beside other officials, the judge said. The CBI had booked Birla, former coal secretary P.C. Parakh, and others on charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the coal blocks allocation in October 2013. But the central investigating agency filed a closure report in the case Aug 28, saying: The evidence collected during investigations did not substantiate the allegations levelled against the people named in the FIR (first information report). The court, earlier, sought to know on what basis did the CBI draw its conclusion to close the case and what kind of investigation it has conducted.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:00:36 +0000
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