Coal scam: Court allows Jindal to travel abroad

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, accused in a coal block allocation scam case along with 14 others, has been allowed by a special court to travel abroad from May 28 to June 5 for business purposes.

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the plea filed by Jindal seeking the court's permission to go to France and imposed certain conditions on him. Jindal was earlier granted bail by the court which had imposed several conditions on him, including that he will not leave the country without the court's nod.

Apart from Jindal, CBI had chargesheeted ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and 11 others in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand to Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Private Ltd (GSIPL).