NEW DELHI, July 29:
Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others, including two senior public servants, have been summoned as accused by a special court for their alleged roles in a coal block allocation scam case. Besides Gupta, the court summoned K S Kropha, then Joint Secretary of Ministry of Coal (MoC), and K C Samria, who was then Director (Coal Allocation-I section) in MoC, Brahmani Thermal Power Pvt Ltd (BTPPL), its Chairman P Trivikrama Prasad and its Vice-Chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad as accused in the case.
They were summoned for the alleged offences under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) and 420 (cheating) of IPC and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. (PTI)
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