New Delhi, Dec 24: A Special Court has rejected plea of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) Director R S Rungta, an accused in a coal scam case, to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a defence witness.
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar dismissed the plea which had sought Singh’s summoning to depose about genuineness of the documents brought from the Prime Minister Office (PMO) and Ministry of Coal.
Regarding Singh, the accused had said in his plea, “He will prove the record of the Coal Ministry and the decision taken by him about constitution of screening committee and its functions and powers and would also prove the corresponding record of the Ministry of Coal.”
Besides R S Rungta, the other two accused in the case are JIPL and its other director R C Rungta.
The case pertains to allotment of North Dhadu coal block in Jharkhand to JIPL allegedly on the basis of false and forged documents.
The court had on November 21 concluded the recording of statements of accused in the case.
