CBI today said it will close this week the case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parakh in connection with alleged irregularities in the allocation of Talabira-II coal block. CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said the closure report is likely to be filed in the case this week. CBI sources said that allegations levelled by it in the FIR could not be substantiated by it.

Earlier, the agency had reached conclusion to include names of Birla and Parakh in the FIR in connection with allocation of Talabira-II coal block after scrutinising related files during its nearly 16 month-long preliminary enquiry.