Coal Scam Case : Special Court Pulls CBI For Not Impounding Naveen Jindal’s Pass Port

30 April, New Delhi

A Special Court Thursday pulled CBI for not impounding the passport of Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, chargesheeted along with 14 others in a coal block allocation scam case. The court said that the agency cannot adopt a different policy for some of the accused.

Special CBI Judge, Bharat Parashar also asked the CBI Director to ensure that a uniform policy is laid down for seizure of passports of accused during the probe in the case.

He observed that in the present case a different policy was adopted by the agency for the reasons best known to them.

The Court has now fixed the matter for May 6 for considering the CBI charge sheet filed in the case Wednesday against Jindal, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao,former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and 12 others in connection with Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case.