Hyderabad, June 6 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has demanded an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the alleged disappearance of nearly 40 lakh metric tonnes of coal worth approximately Rs 1,600 crore from Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).

In a letter addressed to Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy, KTR questioned how a massive quantity of coal, officially shown in Singareni's stock records, could have vanished without accountability.

KTR alleged that coal that should have been available in stockyards was illegally diverted and sold, causing a loss of nearly Rs 1,600 crore to the public sector undertaking.

He demanded that the Union Government immediately ascertain the whereab...