A court in India has summoned former PM Manmohan Singh over a corruption scandal involving coal mining licenses.
Mr Singh has been accused of criminal conspiracy and ordered to appear in court on 8 April.
In 2012, federal auditors said India had lost $33bn (£20bn) because coalfield rights were sold off cheaply.
Last September, India's Supreme Court cancelled almost all the coal mining licences awarded by the government since 1993, saying they were illegal.
Mr Singh's government ran India for a decade until last year.
He has been summoned over the allocation of a coal mining license to Hindalco Industries in Orissa in 2005, at a time when he was prime minister and also held the coal ministry portfolio. Full story...
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Mr Singh has been accused of criminal conspiracy and ordered to appear in court on 8 April.
In 2012, federal auditors said India had lost $33bn (£20bn) because coalfield rights were sold off cheaply.
Last September, India's Supreme Court cancelled almost all the coal mining licences awarded by the government since 1993, saying they were illegal.
Mr Singh's government ran India for a decade until last year.
He has been summoned over the allocation of a coal mining license to Hindalco Industries in Orissa in 2005, at a time when he was prime minister and also held the coal ministry portfolio. Full story...
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