The CBI on Thursday filed a closure report in the case relating to the alleged irregularities in the award of coal blocks to Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco citing lack of evidence to prove criminality against the accused persons and entities.
In its FIR, the CBI had named Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, former Coal Secretary PC Parakh, Hindalco and unknown Government officials for alleged criminal conspiracy and graft in allocation of coal blocks in 2005.
According to the CBI FIR, Birla and Parekh allegedly hatched a conspiracy in later half of 2005 where after Hindalco was allocated a portion of Talabira II coal block in Odisha that was reserved for PSUs and already allocated to Neyveli lignite Corporation. About 50 per cent of the Talabira II coal block was allocated to Hindalco on November 10, 2005.
CBI sources said the closure report was filed as the allegations mentioned in the FIR could not be substantiated during the probe.