Custody of IAS Pooja Singhal, her CA extended till May 20 in money laundering case

A court on Monday sent suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal and her CA to another four-day remand of the ED in connection with a money-laundering case.

A special PMLA court has extended by four days the remand of suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pooja Singhal and her Chartered Accountant Suman Kumar. Both of them will now appear before the court on May 20.

ED had sought a nine-day remand for IAS Pooja Singhal and five-day remand for CA Suman Singh. However, the court extended the remand for both only by four days.

IAS officer Singhal and her CA Suman Kumar were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the MGNREGA money laundering case.

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Both of the accused were presented before Judge PK Sharma of the Special PMLA Court instead of ED’s special court on account of Budh Purnima.

Singhal was placed under arrest by the ED under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on May 11.

Meanwhile, the ED had raided Singhal's home as well as other locations and seized a total of Rs 19.31 crore in cash. Rs 17.51 crore in cash was also recovered from the premises of Ranchi-based CA Suman Kumar.