Coal scam: CBI may question Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

“We registered the First Information Report on the basis of available material during the preliminary enquiry.  Further evidence would be gathered during further probe,” he said.

CBI has alleged in its FIR that after rejection of Hindalco's plea in 2005, Birla wrote two letters and held a “personal meeting” with the then Coal Secretary P C Parakh, after which a decision was reversed and Hindalco was given the coal block which was earlier meant for two Public Sector Undertakings—Mahanadi Coal Fields and Neyveli Lignite.

(With PTI inputs)