The Bhopal unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday recorded the statements of a former legislator of Madhya Pradesh Assembly in the case related to coal block allocation to a coal mine in Narsinghpur. The CBI is investigation the case for around one-and-a-half years. A case has also been registered against the company with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of Indore. Notably, the CBI had raided the premises of BlA Industries in Narsinghpur in January 2014 and recovered a haul of documents that indicated irregularities. The company faced allegations that it sold the coal in open market against the rules and regulations. Official sources said that on Friday, the CBI had summoned former MlA Kishore Samrite to its Bhopal office. He had lodged a complaint against the company with the CBI and had submitted some documents endorsing his allegations.
On Friday, the CBI recorded the statements of Samrite. Sources claim that the Bureau is investigating involvement of a senior BJP leader in the case. While talking to The Pioneer, Samrite told that he had lodged a complaint with the CBI around one-and-a-half years ago and after taking action against the company, he was summoned for recording the statements. He further said that this company had been selling the coal illegally in the open market since 1996. He informed that for the first time in 1996, this company was allocated two coal blocks in Narsinghpur. The irregularity in coal block allocation had come to fore in CAG report of 2012. It was mentioned in the report that the faulty allocation of coal blocks, had incurred a loss of Rs1.86 lakh to the Government.