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Pooja Singhal appears before ED in money laundering

Ranchi, May 10 (Agency)

Jharkhand’s Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Ranchi for questioning in connection with the alleged misappropriation of MGNREGA funds in Khunti, including a money laundering case, among other charges. Officials gave this information. The ED is likely to record the statement of Singhal, a 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The agency had briefly questioned Singhal and her businessman husband Abhishek Jha on May 6 during raids conducted at some other places including Jharkhand.

Jha’s statement was also recorded by the ED during this period. The case pertains to money laundering, in which Ram Vinod Sinha, a former junior engineer in the Jharkhand government, was arrested by the ED on June 17, 2020, from West Bengal. A case under PMLA was registered against Sinha in 2012 after a study of the FIR lodged by the State Vigilance Bureau.

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