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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered five cases against private companies, their directors and public servants on September 3. The cases have been registered in connection with the allegations related to getting coal blocks allocated on the basis of misrepresentations and false claims in the applications, presentations and connivance/lack of due diligence on part of public servants. Promoters of some of these companies have allegedly sold their stakes in an irregular manner after allocation of coal blocks. Searches are being conducted today at 30 locations in 11 cities including Nagpur , Kolkata, Bhilai, Yavatmal, Raipur , Dhanbad, Ranchi , Hyderabad , Mumbai, Delhi (NCR), among others. A preliminary enquiry to examine the irregularities, if any, in the allocation of coal blocks during the period 2006-09 was registered on a reference from CVC, in June this year. Further investigation is continuing.

CBI registers five cases against private coal firms