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They said bundles of cash, largely in Rs 500 and some Rs 2,000 notes, were seized from the premises of a person identified as Mohd E Ansari. (Representational image/Reuters)
Pooja Singhal, a 2000 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 11 on charges of money laundering linked to alleged irregularities in the MGNREGA scheme.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized around Rs 3 crore in cash during searches at a location in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district as part of its money laundering probe from state IAS officer Pooja Singhal and others, officials said.
They said bundles of cash, largely in Rs 500 and some Rs 2,000 notes, were seized from the premises of a person identified as Mohd E Ansari.
The agency recovered the cash during raids in the ongoing money laundering probe against Singhal.
Pooja Singhal, a 2000 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 11 on charges of money laundering linked to alleged irregularities in the MGNREGA scheme.
In February, the Supreme Court had granted interim bail for two months to the suspended officer so that he could take care of his ailing daughter.
The ED is also probing his role in connection with alleged irregularities in the state’s mining sector under a second case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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