Jharkhand: The Enforcement Directorate seized over 3 crore cash throughout searches in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on Friday. The ED searches had been a part of a cash laundering investigation against IAS officer from the state Pooja Singhal and others.Â
They mentioned wads of cash, largely in the denomination of Rs 500 and some Rs 2,000 notes, had been seized from the premises of an individual recognized as Mohammed E Ansari.
Money laundering investigation against Singhal
The company recovered the cash whereas raids had been being carried out in an ongoing cash laundering investigation against Singhal. Pooja Singhal, a 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 11 on cash laundering fees linked to alleged irregularities in the MGNREGA scheme.
In February, the Supreme Court granted the suspended officer interim bail for a interval of two months in order that she may look after her ailing daughter.
The ED is probing her position in reference to alleged irregularities in the mining sector of the state too as a part of a second case filed beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
(with inputs from PTI)
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