Jharkhand govt suspends IAS Pooja Singhal after her arrest
Ranchi (Jharkhand), May 12: Jharkhand government on Thursday suspended state mining secretary Pooja Singhal after her arrest in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and other charges.
Earlier on Wednesday, a special PMLA court in Ranchi sent Singhal to five-day remand of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The state mining secretary was arrested by ED on Wednesday and her remand will start on Thursday.
According to ED sources, they will investigate her transactions over the last three years to look for any suspicious money trails. The agency is also scanning all of her properties for details.
This is the second arrest in this case as Chartered Accountant Suman Kumar has been already arrested by the agency on May 7. ED had also recovered Rs 17.51 crore from the premises of Kumar and Rs 1.8 crore from pulse Hospital.
The ED raided Pulse Hospital in Ranchi earlier this month. The hospital is owned by Pooja Singhal's husband Abhishek Jha.
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Rajeev Kumar, a senior advocate of the Jharkhand High Court, filed a complaint with the ED in February 2022.
On Sunday, the ED questioned Abhishek Jha, Pooja Singhal's husband, in connection with searches at Pulse Hospital.
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