New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a First Information Report (FIR) against its former director Ranjit Sinha for misusing his official position to influence probe into the coal scam case.
According to reports, the CBI filed the FIR against Sinha under sections — 13 (2), which deals with "criminal misconduct" and section 13 (1) (d), pertaining to abusing official position while holding a public office and indulging in corruption, of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
Earlier, the Supreme Court directed the CBI to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to look into prima facie charges against Sinha.
The Supreme Court had tasked a former special director of the CBI with looking into the visitors' diary at Sinha's official residence which allegedly showed that several accused of the coal block allocation scam case were regular visitors to his house.
The Supreme Court, in its 14 May 2015 order, had said "it was completely inappropriate for Sinha to have met persons accused in the coal block allocation cases without the investigating officer being present or without the investigating team being present".
The coal allocation scam, or "Coalgate" had engulfed the UPA government in 2012 after the CAG accused the government of allocating 194 coal blocks to in a flawed manner between 2004 and 2009.
This is only the second time that a former CBI director, facing criminal allegations, will be probed by the agency.
Sinha, an 1974-batch IPS officer, was the CBI director between 2012 and 2014.
(With agency inputs)
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