New Delhi: A Special Court here today directed the CBI to further investigate an alleged scam in coal block allocation, involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others, in which the agency had filed a closure report.

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar asked the CBI to file a progress report of its probe on December 19. "Vide my separate detailed order, the matter has been sent for further investigation," the judge said.CBI had filed the closure report in the case in which it had earlier registered an FIR against JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd, its directors Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, Rajendra Darda, Manoj Jayaswal, Anand Jayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal and other unknown persons.