Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 08:55 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Coal scam case: Former coal secretary H C Gupta convicted

Case relates to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL

Coal
Premium

Press Trust of India New Delhi
A special Delhi court on Friday convicted former coal secretary H C Gupta in a coal scam case. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also convicted the coal ministry’s then joint secretary K S Kropha and then director K C Samaria, besides others in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL.
 
The court will pronounce the order on quantum of sentence on May 22.
 
The court, however, acquitted chartered accountant Amit Goyal in the case.
 
Besides Gupta, Kropha and Samria, the court also convicted the firm

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in