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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;Launching a probe in a deal done during NDA regime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary enquiry against Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal and unknown officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). Agency suspects that the loss caused to the exchequer due to the alleged irregularities runs into hundreds of crores of rupees due to the sale of HZL to Agarwal&#039;s Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd.
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Agency sources say that they are probing how HZL was privatized without the approval of Parliament when it was created by acquiring Metal Corporation of India Ltd (MCIL) through a parliamentary statute - the Metal Corporation (Nationalisation) Act of 1976.
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It is alleged in the enquiry that Sterlite Industries, part of Vedanta Resources, had picked up stake in the public sector undertaking (PSU) at an undervalued price resulting in the estimated losses running into hundreds of crores to the exchequer, CBI sources said. The company has been merged with another group Sesa Goa in August and renamed as Sesa Sterlite.
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&amp;quot;We will not like to speak on CBI inquiry. However, we would like to say that today Hindustan Zinc is world&#039;s largest integrated zinc producer. Since disinvestment it has grown more than five fold. At the time of disinvestment, company&#039;s reserves and resources were 143.7 million tonnes (MT) which have been increased through rigorous exploration to 348 MT. Since disinvestment company has successfully executed four phases of expansion plans with an investment of Rs 12,000 crore,&amp;quot; said a Vedanta spokesperson.
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;Launching a probe in a deal done during NDA regime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary enquiry against Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal and unknown officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). Agency suspects that the loss caused to the exchequer due to the alleged irregularities runs into hundreds of crores of rupees due to the sale of HZL to Agarwal&#039;s Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd.
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;Launching a probe in a deal done during NDA regime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary enquiry against Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal and unknown officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). Agency suspects that the loss caused to the exchequer due to the alleged irregularities runs into hundreds of crores of rupees due to the sale of HZL to Agarwal&#039;s Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd.
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>Launching a probe in a deal done during NDA regime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary enquiry against Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal and unknown officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL). Agency suspects that the loss caused to the exchequer due to the alleged irregularities runs into hundreds of crores of rupees due to the sale of HZL to Agarwal's Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd.
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CBI officials say that preliminary enquiry (PE) has been registered against Agarwal and unknown officials of HZL, ministry of disinvestment and ministry of mines.
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Agency sources say that they are probing how HZL was privatized without the approval of Parliament when it was created by acquiring Metal Corporation of India Ltd (MCIL) through a parliamentary statute - the Metal Corporation (Nationalisation) Act of 1976.
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It is alleged in the enquiry that Sterlite Industries, part of Vedanta Resources, had picked up stake in the public sector undertaking (PSU) at an undervalued price resulting in the estimated losses running into hundreds of crores to the exchequer, CBI sources said. The company has been merged with another group Sesa Goa in August and renamed as Sesa Sterlite.
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CBI to probe Vedanta head over PSU selloff

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