<p>CBI today filed its final probe report in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, Hindalco and others before the special court which will consider it on March 11.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma told the court that the agency has completed the investigation and one more witness has been examined during the course of probe and they are filing his statement in a sealed cover.<br /><br />"Further investigation is complete. We have further examined one more witness. We are filing his statement in a sealed cover. Our final investigation is over now," Sharma told Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar.<br /><br />The court said that it would now consider the CBI's final report in the case on March 11 and if required it will seek clarifications from the agency.<br /><br />"Final compliance report has been filed by Investigating Officer along with statement of one more witness in a sealed cover.... The matter be now put up for consideration on March 11," the judge said.<br /><br />During the hearing, the prosecutor told the court that they are also filing all the materials and documents related to the case in the court.<br /><br />The case pertains to allocation of Talabira II coal block in Orissa to M/s Hindalco in 2005.<br />The CBI, in its FIR, had named Parakh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, M/s Hindalco Industries Ltd and other unknown persons for the offences under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />However, later, the agency had filed a closure report in the court which had refused to accept it.<br /><br />The court, in its December 16 order, had directed the agency to examine Manmohan Singh and some top PMO officials, including Singh's then Principal Secretary T K A Nair and then private secretary B V R Subramanyam.<br /><br />Parakh and Hindalco have denied any wrongdoing. <br /></p>
<p>CBI today filed its final probe report in a coal block allocation case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh, Hindalco and others before the special court which will consider it on March 11.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Senior public prosecutor V K Sharma told the court that the agency has completed the investigation and one more witness has been examined during the course of probe and they are filing his statement in a sealed cover.<br /><br />"Further investigation is complete. We have further examined one more witness. We are filing his statement in a sealed cover. Our final investigation is over now," Sharma told Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar.<br /><br />The court said that it would now consider the CBI's final report in the case on March 11 and if required it will seek clarifications from the agency.<br /><br />"Final compliance report has been filed by Investigating Officer along with statement of one more witness in a sealed cover.... The matter be now put up for consideration on March 11," the judge said.<br /><br />During the hearing, the prosecutor told the court that they are also filing all the materials and documents related to the case in the court.<br /><br />The case pertains to allocation of Talabira II coal block in Orissa to M/s Hindalco in 2005.<br />The CBI, in its FIR, had named Parakh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, M/s Hindalco Industries Ltd and other unknown persons for the offences under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />However, later, the agency had filed a closure report in the court which had refused to accept it.<br /><br />The court, in its December 16 order, had directed the agency to examine Manmohan Singh and some top PMO officials, including Singh's then Principal Secretary T K A Nair and then private secretary B V R Subramanyam.<br /><br />Parakh and Hindalco have denied any wrongdoing. <br /></p>