Another charge framed against Jindal in coal block allocation case

  • | Friday | 17th August, 2018

The other accused who were summoned by the court are Messrs Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL), Messrs Gagan Infraenergy Ltd., Messrs Jindal Reality Pvt. The court had this past Tuesday summoned Jindal and 14 others on October 15 in a money laundering case related to the same coal block case. The case relates to allotment of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to two accused companies of the Jindal Group. A special court on Thursday framed an additional charge of abetment to indulge in bribery against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others in a case of alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Jharkhand. Other chargesThe court also framed charge under IPC Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) against then Jindal Steel adviser Anand Goel; Nihar Stocks Ltd. director B.S.N.

more-in A special court on Thursday framed an additional charge of abetment to indulge in bribery against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others in a case of alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Jharkhand. Special Judge Bharat Parashar framed the charge against the accused persons when they pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The court had last month ordered framing of the charge. Other charges The court also framed charge under IPC Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) against then Jindal Steel adviser Anand Goel; Nihar Stocks Ltd. director B.S.N. Suryanarayan; and Mumbai’s Essar Power Ltd executive vice-chairman Sushil Kumar Maroo. The court had in 2016 ordered framing of charges against former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao (since deceased), former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and 11 others for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act in the case. The case relates to allotment of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to two accused companies of the Jindal Group. The court had this past Tuesday summoned Jindal and 14 others on October 15 in a money laundering case related to the same coal block case. The other accused who were summoned by the court are Messrs Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL), Messrs Gagan Infraenergy Ltd., Messrs Jindal Reality Pvt. Ltd., Messrs New Delhi Exim Pvt. Ltd., Messrs Sowbhagya Media Ltd., Messrs Nihar Stocks Ltd., K. Ramakrishna Prasad, Sushil Kumar Maroo, Rajeev Jain, Anand Goel, Rajeev Aggarwal, Siddharth Madra, Gyan Swaroop Garg and B.S.N. Suryanarayan. In its complaint, the Enforcement Directorate alleged that Mr. Jindal’s JSPL along with others influenced the Screening Committee to allot the coal block by investing more than ?2 crore in illegal gratification.

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