Coal scam: industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla accused of cheating
Kumar Mangalam Birla, one of the richest industrialists in India, has been charged with conspiracy and cheating to land a coal field in Odisha in 2005. PC Parekh,who was then the Coal Secretary, has also been named in the new chargesheet filed by the CBI, which is investigating how and why private firms landed coal licenses at throwaway prices from the government.
