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SC asks for probe into former Karnataka chief ministers' role in coal scam

| | Mar 30, 2017, at 07:40 pm
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Mar 30 (IBNS): A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka will probe into the alleged involvement of the state's two former chief ministers in a coal mine scam, according to media reports on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered a probe into the alleged roles of two former Karnataka chief ministers, N Dharam Singh and HD Kumaraswamy, who were indicted in a Lokayukta report about six years ago, media reports said.

The apex court has directed SIT to submit its reports within three months.

A social activist TJ Abraham had alleged that politicians, in connivance with bureaucrats, had illegally allowed businesses to take over huge tracts of forest land in Bellary for iron mining, reports said.

However, the top court bench has said that no inquiries will be held into the role of another former Karnataka CM, SM Krishna, whose name had also cropped up in the Lokayukta reports, media said.

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