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This is an archive article published on February 20, 2015

Coal block case: CBI says probe against Manmohan complete

Just over two months after the special court directed the CBI to examine former PM Manmohan Singh and other former officials of the PMO in connection with K M Birla owned Hindalco coal block allocation case, the CBI Thursday informed the special court that it has completed the probe, complying with its orders. The CBI […]

Just over two months after the special court directed the CBI to examine former PM Manmohan Singh and other former officials of the PMO in connection with K M Birla owned Hindalco coal block allocation case, the CBI Thursday informed the special court that it has completed the probe, complying with its orders. The CBI placed the final compliance report before Special Judge Bharat Parashar in the coal block case relating to the 2005 allocation of Talabira Block II to Hindalco. Informing the court about the completion of the probe, special public prosecutor V K Sharma said, “We have completed the further investigation. We are filing some documents before the court, which have not been filed earlier. We also examined one more witness during the probe, and filing his statements in a sealed cover.”    —Kaunain Sheriff M

Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health. His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award. Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time. Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More

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