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Probe Ranjit Sinha’s meetings with coal scam accused, rules Supreme Court

Holding him lacking in “ethical rectitude”, the Supreme Court Thursday said former CBI director Ranjit Sinha will be investigated over his private meetings with the accused in the coal block allocations scam to ascertain if these conversations resulted in scuttling the probe and the judicial process.

Saying it was “completely inappropriate” for Sinha to have met the accused without the presence of investigating officers, the court said “it is necessary to look into the question whether any one or more such meetings have had any impact on the investigations and subsequent chargesheets or closure reports filed by the CBI”.

It asked the Central Vigilance Commission to respond on July 6 on the manner of an inquiry against Sinha.

source: http://indianexpress.com