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BI today registered cases against five companies and unknown government officials as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks.
According to CBI spokesperson, the agency is also conducting searches at 30 places in ten cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad and Nagpur.
The filing of FIRs comes three months after registration of a preliminary inquiry into the coal scam by the agency on the directions of the Central Vigilance Commission.
During the preliminary inquiry, the CBI was informed by the Coal Ministry officials that it had issued show cause notices to some of the firms which were allocated the mines for explaining the delay in conducting the mining work. Some of the firms, which were allocated coal blocks in 2005, were yet to start mining.
The CBI had also examined the past areas of operation of some of the companies which were allotted coal blocks in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. It has been alleged that some of these firms had been set up only for getting coal blocks allocated and the same was later subletकिराये पर लिये हुए को किराये पर उठाना to other companies at a premium.
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The agency has already questioned senior bureaucrats who were overseeing allocation of coal blocks during 2005 to 2009.
The questioning of the Coal Secretaries, who also chair the screening committee, was done to understand the issues involved in the allocation of coal blocks during the period and so far the agency has not found any irregularities on their part.
According to CBI spokesperson, the agency is also conducting searches at 30 places in ten cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Patna, Hyderabad, Dhanbad and Nagpur.
The filing of FIRs comes three months after registration of a preliminary inquiry into the coal scam by the agency on the directions of the Central Vigilance Commission.
During the preliminary inquiry, the CBI was informed by the Coal Ministry officials that it had issued show cause notices to some of the firms which were allocated the mines for explaining the delay in conducting the mining work. Some of the firms, which were allocated coal blocks in 2005, were yet to start mining.
The CBI had also examined the past areas of operation of some of the companies which were allotted coal blocks in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. It has been alleged that some of these firms had been set up only for getting coal blocks allocated and the same was later subletकिराये पर लिये हुए को किराये पर उठाना to other companies at a premium.
a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests
The agency has already questioned senior bureaucrats who were overseeing allocation of coal blocks during 2005 to 2009.
The questioning of the Coal Secretaries, who also chair the screening committee, was done to understand the issues involved in the allocation of coal blocks during the period and so far the agency has not found any irregularities on their part.
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