The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its 19th FIR in the coal scam case. The FIR has been filed against a Mumbai and Nagpur-based company, Topworth Urja and Metals.
The case has been registered against its directors and other people. The FIR is an outcome of a preliminary enquiry that was filed to look into the allegations of irregularities in allocations during 1993-2005.
The company has been charged with criminal conspiracy and cheating. The CBI is also carrying out raids at four places in Nagpur, Yavatmal and Mumbai.
It has been alleged that the Marki Mangli II, III and IV coal blocks in Maharashtra were allocated to Nagpur- based Virangana steels, which later merged with Topworth Urja and metals. The Cbi has also alleged that the company resorted to excessive mining without augmenting the capacity of its sponge iron plant.
The CBI has also alleged that the shareholding pattern of the company was also changed.