New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a 5000-page charge sheet in connection with the MGNREGA fund scam involving suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal and others before a Jharkhand court. Apart from Singhal, some mining officials and others have also been made accused in the case. Singhal, the mining secretary in Jharkhand, was sacked from his post soon after his arrest.
In May, the ED had questioned former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) treasurer Ravi Kejriwal in this connection. The central probe agency had probed Singhal’s transactions for the last three years to check for traces of suspicious money.
It also scanned all his properties. Earlier in May, four cars belonging to Suman Kumar, a chartered accountant of Singhal, were seized. The source said that since someone else had paid for the luxury cars, that raised suspicion. The ED has also recovered some incriminating documents.
During the investigation, the investigating agency had recovered around Rs 19 crore in cash. It was said to be Singhal’s money. The statements of Singhal and her husband were recorded in the case.