NDA ex-minister Dilip Ray gets 3-years jail term for coal scam

The ex-junior coal minister in the Vajpayee government had been convicted of criminal conspiracy, cheating, corruption and breach of trust on October 6 along with two former coal ministry officials — Pradip Kumar Banerjee and Nitya Nand Gautam. The court fined CTL Rs 60 lakh and CML Rs 10 lakh.