Coal blocks case: CBI books Kumar Mangalam Birla, former official

New Delhi : The CBI Tuesday registered a case against former coal secretary P.C. Parekh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla over alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation, sources here said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked Birla as a representative of Hindalco, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group.

Earlier in June, the CBI registered a case against former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao and industrialist Naveen Jindal.