The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Jharkhand Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal for questioning on Tuesday in connection with a money laundering case, in which a chartered accountant was arrested following seizure of about ₹18 crore in cash last week.
On Monday, the agency recorded the statement of Ms. Singhal’s husband Abhishek Jha for the second consecutive day. Earlier, it had arrested chartered accountant Suman Kumar after about ₹17.80 crore in cash was seized during the searches in the same case. He was produced before a Ranchi special court which sent him to five-day custody of the agency.
The ED’s probe is based on 16 cases and the respective chargesheets alleging MGNREGA funds fraud, submitted by the State’s vigilance bureau. During the investigation, the agency has also filed chargesheets against the then junior engineer, Ram Binod Prasad, who in his statement alleged that he had paid a cut to the district administration.
