EX-COAL SECY AMONG SIX ACQUITTED IN 2012 CASE
Hindustan Times Chandigarh|December 13, 2024
A Delhi court has acquitted former Union coal secretary HC Gupta, and five others, including two senior officials from the ministry of coal (MoC), in a high-profile corruption and criminal conspiracy case related to a coal block allocation in Odisha in 2012.
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