CBI begins scrutinizing PMO file on coal block allocation to Hindalco

However, they said Parakh and Birla would be called for examination at the fag end of the probe as it is necessary to question other officials who were part of chain of decision-making to clarify the issues involved and identify the alleged criminality in the decision-making process.  

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been under opposition attack over the allocation to Hindalco promoted by Kumar Mangalam Birla, has defended the decision as “entirely appropriate” and based on merits of the case presented to him.