Jharkhand Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal was arrested by the ꧒ED on Wednesday after two consecutive days of grilling in a money-laundering probe linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti and other charges, officials said. The 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has been taken into ED custody under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PML﷽A).
Sources claimed that Singhal 𝕴was "evasive" in her replies and hence was arrested. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will produce her before a local court here seeking her remand. She had arrived at the probe agency's regional office in the Hinoo area of Ranchi around 10:40 am for the𝔍 second day of questioning.
Singhal was at the ED office for about nine hours on Tuesday and her statement was rec▨orded. The ED had conducted raids against the bureaucrat, her businessman husband Abhishek Jha and others on May 6 in Jharkhand and a few other locations. Chartered Accountant Suman Kumar was arrested in this case on May 7.
(With PTI inputs)
