New Delhi, May 5
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped money-laundering charges against former Minister of State (MoS) in the Coal Ministry Dasari Narayana Rao and Congress MP Naveen Jindal in connection with its probe into coal block allocations.

The agency, which has registered an FIR under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), taking cognisance of the CBI complaints in these allocations, has also named members and officials of the 35th screening committee. Others named in the complaint include Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), Jindal Realty Private Limited, New Delhi Exim Private Limited. — PTI