A Special Court in Delhi today directed the CBI to further investigate an alleged scam in coal block allocation, involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar asked the CBI to file a progress report of its probe on 19th of next month.

CBI had filed its closure report in the case in which it had earlier registered an FIR against JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, its directors Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, Rajendra Darda, Manoj Jayaswal, Anand Jayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal and other unknown persons. The investigating agency had lodged an FIR in the case under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.