Former Coal Secretary P.C. Parakh, booked for allegedly abusing his official position to grant a coal block to Hindalco, will be appearing before the CBI for questioning on Thursday.
The CBI served a fresh summon to the former bureaucrat for appearing on May 1, 2014 as he had expressed his inability to appear on April 25.
Mr. Parakh said that he would be appearing before the agency on May 1. “I have received a notice and I will be appearing for questioning on that date,” he said.
The 69-year-old former bureaucrat has been accused of abusing his official position to grant a coal block to Hindalco, an Aditya Birla Group company.
The CBI had in 2013 registered a case against Mr. Parakh, Mr. Birla, besides unnamed officials of Hindalco and the Coal Ministry.
