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Money Laundering Case: Suspended IAS Pooja Singhal in judicial custody till June 8, ED raids at two places in Ranchi

May 25, 2022
Bharat Times

News Desk, Amar Ujala, Ranchi

Published by: Shiv Sharan Shukla
Updated Wed, 25 May 2022 06:53 PM IST

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Earlier on May 16, the court had sent the suspended IAS officer and his CA to ED custody. He was produced before the special court on May 20. Then the court extended the period of remand for five days.

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Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal in money laundering case does not seem to be getting any relief. He was produced in a special Enforcement Directorate court on Wednesday after the remand period ended in this case. After hearing in this case, the court has sent Pooja Singhal to judicial custody till June 8. On the other hand, in the IAS Pooja Singhal money laundering case, Enforcement Directorate has once again raided two places in Ranchi on Wednesday.

Was produced before ED’s special court on May 20
Earlier on May 16, the court had sent the suspended IAS officer and his CA to ED custody. He was produced before the special court on May 20. The ED had then argued that suspended officer Pooja Singhal complains of uneasiness every day, due to which medical arrangements have to be made for her. Not only this, their interrogation and investigation are also affected. After hearing all these arguments, the court extended the remand period for five days.

What is the matter?
The case against Singhal and others pertains to money laundering, in which Ram Vinod Sinha, a former junior engineer in the Jharkhand government, was arrested by the ED on June 17, 2020, from West Bengal. Prior to that, a case under PMLA was registered by the agency in 2012 after going through the FIR of the State Vigilance Bureau against him. Sinha was booked under criminal sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to cheating and corruption. He is accused of working as a junior engineer from April 1, 2008 to March 21, 2011, for allegedly duping public money and investing it in his own name as well as that of his family members.

The agency had earlier said that the said funds were earmarked for execution of government projects under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Khunti district. Sinha told the ED that he had paid five per cent commission (out of fraud) to the district administration.

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Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal in money laundering case does not seem to be getting any relief. He was produced in a special Enforcement Directorate court on Wednesday after the remand period ended in this case. After hearing in this case, the court has sent Pooja Singhal to judicial custody till June 8. On the other hand, in the IAS Pooja Singhal money laundering case, Enforcement Directorate has once again raided two places in Ranchi on Wednesday.

Was produced before ED’s special court on May 20

Earlier on May 16, the court had sent the suspended IAS officer and his CA to ED custody. He was produced before the special court on May 20. The ED had then argued that suspended officer Pooja Singhal complains of uneasiness every day, due to which medical arrangements have to be made for her. Not only this, their interrogation and investigation are also affected. After hearing all these arguments, the court extended the remand period for five days.

What is the matter?

The case against Singhal and others pertains to money laundering, in which Ram Vinod Sinha, a former junior engineer in the Jharkhand government, was arrested by the ED on June 17, 2020, from West Bengal. Prior to that, a case under PMLA was registered by the agency in 2012 after going through the FIR of the State Vigilance Bureau against him. Sinha was booked under criminal sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to cheating and corruption. He is accused of working as a junior engineer from April 1, 2008 to March 21, 2011, for allegedly duping public money and investing it in his own name as well as that of his family members.

The agency had earlier said that the said funds were earmarked for execution of government projects under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Khunti district. Sinha told the ED that he had paid five per cent commission (out of fraud) to the district administration.