Probe ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha's role in coal scam: Supreme Court
Former CBI special director ML Sharma-led panel has prima facie indicted Sinha for scuttling the coal scam probe, a special apex court bench headed by Justice MB Lokur noted.
Ranjit Sinha. Photo: PTI
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 23, 2017 14:45 IST
The Supreme Court today set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into prima facie charges against ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha's attempt to influence the investigation into the multi-crore coal scam.
Former CBI special director ML Sharma-led panel has prima facie indicted Sinha for scuttling the coal scam probe, a special apex court bench headed by Justice MB Lokur noted.
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- On July 12 last year, the Supreme Court had reserved its order on the issue after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the bench that the panel headed by Sharma has held that Sinha's meetings with some high-profile accused in the scam prima facie indicated that there was an attempt to influence the investigation.
- Rohtagi, who had only received an initial report of the panel for perusal on condition of confidentiality, had said he had gone through the report which has found that the visitors' diary at Sinha's residence was genuine.
- However, he had said the correctness of entries in that diary can only be ascertained in the court through evidence.
- The apex court-appointed panel was probing the alleged scuttling of probe into coal block allocation scam cases by Sinha, whose meetings with the accused persons were held as "completely inappropriate".
- The court had given the initial report of the Sharma committee to the Attorney General for his perusal, as the bench wanted his assistance after the panel had sought a direction for supply of documents relating to preliminary enquiry into some of the matters in which the probe was closed.
- On December 7, 2015, the court had ordered handing over the original visitors' diary of the official residence of the former CBI director to the Sharma-led panel.
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