Suspended Jharkhand IAS Officer Will get Bail In Cash Laundering Case

Ranchi:

A particular PMLA courtroom right here on Saturday granted bail to suspended Jharkhand cadre IAS officer Pooja Singhal in a cash laundering case.

She was given bail on the situation of furnishing two bonds of Rs 2 lakh every and depositing her passport.

Ms Singhal’s lawyer stated that she was granted bail after the courtroom heard her bail petition for 2 days.

Ms Singhal has been in custody since Could 11, 2022, after raids have been carried out at properties linked to her in reference to the cash laundering case.

The case pertains to alleged corruption in implementing MGNREGA, the Centre’s flagship scheme for rural employment.

The ED has accused Ms Singhal, a former state mines division secretary, of cash laundering. The company additionally seized over Rs 36 crore in money linked to alleged unlawful mining in two cash laundering instances.

On February 10, 2023, the Supreme Courtroom granted Ms Singhal interim bail for 2 months to allow her to care for her ailing daughter.

Aside from the 2000 batch IAS officer, premises linked to her businessman husband, a chartered accountant related to the couple, and others have been additionally raided by the ED as a part of the probe.

Ms Singhal was suspended following her arrest.