April 23, 2014 12:23 am | Updated November 16, 2021 08:31 pm IST - NEW DELHI:
This April 14, 2014 photo, shows former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh during the release of his book “Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths”.
The CBI has summoned the former Coal Secretary, P.C. Parakh, for examination on April 25 for his alleged role in the allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries.
Mr. Parakh had recently released his book criticising the agency for having registered a case against him. The CBI probe is to ascertain how the screening committee decision to allocate the coal block to public sector unit Neyveli Lignite Limited was overturned in favour of Hindalco.
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