Coal scam: Jindal summoned as accused

New Delhi, May 23

Former Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal and five others were on Tuesday summoned as accused by a special court for allegedly cheating the government by misrepresenting facts to get a coal block allocated in Madhya Pradesh. Special Judge Bharat Parashar took cognizance of the charge sheet filed on Tuesday by the CBI in the case pertaining to allocation of the Urtan North block and said ‘prima facie’, the offences of ‘cheating’ and ‘criminal conspiracy’ were made out against him. PTI