New Delhi, December 11
A special CBI court in the national capital today acquitted six accused, including former coal secretary HC Gupta and two other public servants, in the alleged coal scam case related to the allocation of two coal mines in Odisha.
Apart from Gupta, Special Judge Sanjay Bansal also indicted Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd, its then chairman P Trivikram Prasad and then managing director Y Harish Chandra Prasad, former joint secretary in the coal ministry KS Krofa and former director of the ministry’s coal distribution section KC Samaria. acquitted
The judge said the CBI had failed to prove that any false statement had been made by the accused. The judge added that there is no case of fraud as no one was induced. -News-Patiala