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Coal Scam Case: Naveen Jindal, Others Summoned As Accused

All the accused have to appear before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar on September 4.



Naveen Jindal, vice chairman and managing director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., attends a session (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)
Naveen Jindal, vice chairman and managing director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., attends a session (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)

Industrialist Naveen Jindal and others were summoned by a special court as accused on Tuesday, in a case related to the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh after it took cognizance of a CBI charge sheet.

Besides Jindal, the others summoned as accused are the company, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), its former Director Sushil Maroo, former Deputy Managing Director Anand Goyal and Chief Executive Officer Vikrant Gujral for alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in the allocation of Urtan North coal block in Madhya Pradesh.

All the accused have to appear before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar on September 4.

In its charge sheet, the CBI has alleged that JSPL misrepresented the equipment purchase orders and misled the coal ministry.

Jindal is also facing trial in a case pertaining to the allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.