SME Times News Bureau | 25 Jul, 2014
The CBI Thursday registered two fresh cases against private companies
based in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in its ongoing investigation into
the coal block allocations from 1993 to 2005 and 2006 to 2009.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at three places in Ranchi and New Delhi.
The
agency registered the cases against the two companies based in Ranchi
(Jharkhand) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh) on charges of criminal conspiracy,
cheating and criminal misconduct.
Directors and promoters of these companies have been named in the first information report.
A
CBI official said Ranchi-based company DOMCO Smokeless Fuels Pvt. Ltd.
entered into a conspiracy with some unknown people and submitted false
information with dishonest intention to the authorities while applying
for a captive coal block and secured allocation of the Lalgarh (North)
coal block.
"The director of the company allegedly gained
pecuniary benefit of Rs.7 crore by selling shares of the company on
premium, after the allocation of the coal block," the CBI official said.
Raipur-based
company Vandana Vidyut Ltd. was booked for its alleged
misrepresentation of net worth to get the Fatehpur East coal block.
"The
members of the 35th screening committee and others have also been named
in the FIR as they deliberately did not follow the guidelines and
showed undue favour to Vandana Vidyut Ltd.," said the official.
Including
these two fresh cases, the CBI has till now registered 20 FIRs and five
preliminary inquiries in coal block allocation cases, out of which it
has filed closure reports in four FIRs and two chargesheets.
