pooja singhal

Jharkhand IAS officer arrested in Rs 1 8 cr MGNREGA scam

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RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Jharkhand mines and industries secretary Pooja Singhal on Wednesday evening after questioning the 2000-batch IAS officer for more than 20 hours following allegations that Rs 18 crore of MGNREGA funds were embezzled between 2006 and 2010 in Khunti district when she was deputy commissioner. This is the first arrest … Read more

ED arrests Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in alleged money-laundering case

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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in an alleged money laundering case. The ED arrested the IAS officer after questioning her in connection with alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti and other charges. The probe agency had earlier also questioned her businessman husband Abhishek Jha. The questioning … Read more