Jharkhand mining secretary, husband received ₹1.43 crore: ED
Hindustan TimesJharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal and her husband Abhishek Jha received cash deposits to the tune of ₹1.43 crore between 2008 and 2011, the same period when alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds took place in Khunti district, the Enforcement Directorate said. The agency claimed in the court document that Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal used funds that were deposited in cash in her banks accounts during 2007-2013, to purchase life insurance policies. The federal agency has also told a special PMLA court in Ranchi that the IAS officer allegedly transferred ₹16.57 lakh from her “personal account” to those controlled or owned by her CA. The accounts of Pooja Singhal and her husband Abhishek Jha are having huge cash deposits to the tune of ₹1.43 crore during the same crime period,” claimed ED.