GG News Bureau
Ranchi, 12th May. The Jharkhand government suspended state mining secretary Pooja Singhal on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and several other charges.
Earlier on Wednesday, a special PMLA court in Ranchi sent IAS Pooja Singhal to five-day remand of the Enforcement Directorate.
IAS Pooja Singhal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday and her remand starts from Thursday.
This is the second arrest in this case as Chartered Accountant (CA) Suman Kumar was already arrested by the ED on May 7.
The Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs 17.51 crore from premises of CA Suman Kumar and Rs 1.8 crore from Pulse Hospital.
Pooja Singhal was arrested after ED got reliable evidence of her connection with CA Suman Kumar.
Earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at Pulse Hospital, Ranchi.
The hospital is owned by Abhishek Jha, husband of Pooja Singhal, Secretary, Mines and Geology, in Jharkhand.
Senior advocate of Jharkhand High Court, Rajeev Kumar, submitted a complaint against Pooja Singhal to the ED in February 2022.
Earlier on Sunday, the ED interrogated Abhishek Jha, husband of IAS Pooja Singhal, in connection with searches at Pulse Hospital.
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