In blistering criticism of the Karnataka government for looking the other way when iron ore in the state was being illegally mined, transported and exported, the Supreme Court Friday ordered a CBI probe into the illegal extraction and export of 50.7 lakh tonnes of iron ore from the state’s forest areas from January 2009 to May 2010.
The apex court forest bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, directed a CBI probe while accepting the report of its central empowered committee on environmental matters recommending the probe. Read more