Jharkhand Mining Secretary appears before Enforcement Directorate in money-laundering case
The Hindu
The Agency had briefly questioned Pooja Singhal during the raids that were conducted against her, her businessman husband Abhishek Jha and others on May 6 in Jharkhand and few other locations.
Jharkhand Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal on May 10 appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds in Khunti district of the State and other charges, officials said.
The federal Agency is expected to record the statement of the 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Agency had briefly questioned Ms. Singhal during the raids that were conducted against her, her businessman husband Abhishek Jha and others on May 6 in Jharkhand and few other locations.
Ms. Singhal’s husband had been questioned by the Agency and his statement was recorded.
The Enforcement Directorate investigation pertains to a money-laundering case in which a former junior engineer in the Jharkhand Government, Ram Binod Prasad Sinha, was arrested by the Agency on June 17, 2020, from West Bengal after he was booked by the Agency under the PMLA in 2012 after studying the FIRs of the state vigilance bureau against him.
Mr. Sinha was booked by the vigilance bureau under criminal sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) pertaining to cheating and corruption for allegedly defrauding public money and investing it in his own name as well as in the name of his family members while working as junior engineer from April 1, 2008 to March 21, 2011.
The said money was earmarked for the execution of government projects under MNREGA in Khunti district, the Agency had earlier said.
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