A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Wednesday visited the Kalunga range office of the Central Excise, Custom & Service Tax at Civil Township here. They examined documents reportedly in connection with inquiry into missing files of coal scam.
CBI sources are, however, tight-lipped and neither confirmed nor denied the team’s visit. But reliable sources said the team asked about documents related to coal transactions and other relevant papers. As the Mahavir Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd, a private sponge iron unit at Kalunga, was allotted a coal block in Sundargarh district, the CBI inquiry might be focusing on the sponge plant.
A senior CBI official said since the coalgate inquiry is conducted by the Bureau’s officials from New Delhi, they have no information about Wednesday’s visit.
The Centre had admitted before the Supreme Court last month that 7 files, 173 applications and 9 documents - all related to the coal scam - remained untraceable.