Coal Scam: Court summons former coal secy, five others

The accused were summoned for alleged offences under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC

The special court Wednesday summoned former coal secretary H C Gupta, the then joint secretary in the Ministry of Coal (MoC) K S Kropha and four others in the 2008 case pertaining to the allocation of Rampia coal block in Odisha to the accused firm Navbharat Power Pvt Ltd (NPPL).

Special Judge Bharat Parashar also summoned K C Samria, who was then director (Coal allocation-I section) in the MoC, the Brahmani Thermal Power Pvt Ltd (BTPPL), its chairman P Trivikrama Prasad and vice-chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad as accused in the case. They were summoned as accused after the court took cognisance of the final report filed by the CBI in the case.

The accused were summoned for alleged offences under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.