Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], March 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized Rs 3 crore money linked to suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal throughout a raid at Hazaribag residence one Md. Ezhar Ansari.
Md.Ezhar Ansari controls a bunch of personal corporations, knowledgeable ED sources.”The raid was performed to research anomalies within the captive coal consumption case. In this regard, raids had been additionally carried out in opposition to former coal and sand in-charge of the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) Ashok Kumar Singh, ED sources added.
In 2007 the state authorities had introduced a coverage to supply coal to small and medium enterprises at low-cost charges by way of coal mines of the businesses of the central authorities undertakings.
The JSMDC turned the nodal company for the availability of coal to such small and medium enterprises.
ED raids are underway at a number of places in Jharkhand. 14 places at Ranchi and Hazaribag are being raided, added the sources.In May, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in reference to a money-laundering probe linked to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and different prices.
She was the second arrest on this case as ED already arrests Chartered Accountant Suman Kumar on May 7. ED recovered Rs 17.51 crore from the premises of Kumar and Rs 1.8 crore from pulse Hospital. Singhal was arrested after ED acquired credible proof of her reference to CA Suman Kumar.
Pooja Singhal is the secretary of the Department of Mines and Geology and the Managing Director of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited (JSMDC).Further investigation is underway. (ANI).
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