Updated On: 13 July, 2023 12:23 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Coal scam: The court held the accused guilty of criminal conspiracy (punishable under 120-B of IPC) and cheating (punishable under section 420 of IPC), and under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act

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Former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta were among seven people convicted by a Delhi court on Thursday in a case related to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh, reported PTI.
According to PTI, in the 13th conviction in the coal scam, Special Judge Sanjay Bansal also convicted Darda`s son Devender Darda, two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd and its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal.