Parakh nails coal mafia in ministry

The coals have begun to smoulder under the government's feet. "Coal mafia is not outside the government. It exists within the Ministry of Coal," is what then coal secretary and now accused in the widening scam probe P.C. Parakh had written to then cabinet secretary B.K. Chaturvedi on March 22, 2005. Parakh's explosive 14-page letter accessed by Mail Today blows a loud whistle indeed on corruption and ill-practices in coal ministry and related areas back in 2005.

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