Ex Congress MP Naveen Jindal summoned by Delhi court in coal scam case !!!

(Pi Bureau)

 

NEW DELHI:  Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, an industrialist, has been summoned by a Delhi court in connection with a coal scam case.

 

Naveen Jindal has been formally charged by the CBI in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal mining blocks when the Congress-led UPA was in power.

 

Besides Jindal, the others summoned as accused are the company, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), its former director Sushil Maroo, former deputy MD Anand Goyal and CEO Vikrant Gujral for alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in the allocation of Urtan North coal block in Madhya Pradesh. Court asked them to appear on September 4.

All the accused have to appear before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar on September 4.

In its charge sheet, the CBI has alleged that JSPL misrepresented the equipment purchase orders and misled the Coal Ministry.

 

Jindal is also facing trial in a case pertaining to the allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand