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Former NDA minister Dilip Ray convicted by Delhi court in coal scam case

Former Union minister Dilip Ray was on Tuesday convicted by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.

By PTI

Former Union minister Dilip Ray was on Tuesday convicted by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.

Published: 06 Oct 2020, 10:36 AM IST

Special Judge Bharat Parashar convicted Ray, former minister of state (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, for criminal conspiracy and other offences.

The court also convicted two senior officials of the Ministry of Coal at that time, Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Nitya Nand Gautam, Castron Technologies Ltd (CTL), its director Mahendra Kumar Agarwalla and Castron Mining Ltd (CML).

Published: 06 Oct 2020, 10:36 AM IST

The court will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence on October 14.

The case pertains to allocation of Brahmadiha coal block in Giridih in Jharkhand to CTL in 1999.

Published: 06 Oct 2020, 10:36 AM IST

Also read:Conviction of former coal minister in NDA govt Dilip Ray in 1999 Jharkhand Coal Scam: Excerpts from judgment

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Published: 06 Oct 2020, 10:36 AM IST

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