Delhi Court Discharges Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and Ex-Official in Mednirai Block Allocation Case. The UPA-era coal scam involving the Mednirai block allocation has seen former coal secretary HC Gupta and ex-joint secretary K S Kropha cleared of all charges by a Delhi court. However, director Vijay Bothra and employee Rakesh Khare of Kohinoor Steel Private Limited have been charged with criminal conspiracy and cheating. The case has been a focal point in India’s anti-corruption efforts, shedding light on fraudulent practices in governmental coal allocations. Stay updated on the latest developments in this high-profile case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delhi Court Discharges Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and Ex-Official in Mednirai Block Allocation Case. The UPA-era coal scam involving the Mednirai block allocation has seen former coal secretary HC Gupta and ex-joint secretary K S Kropha cleared of all charges by a Delhi court. However, director Vijay Bothra and employee Rakesh Khare of Kohinoor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":93651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120076901imgsize-474707.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}