Ranchi, May 20: A special PMLA court on Friday extended the ED custody of Pooja Singhal, the suspended IAS officer from Jharkhand, by five more days in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds, a lawyer of the central agency said.
Singhal’s chartered accountant Suman Kumar was sent to judicial custody by the court of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Kumar was in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for 13 days.
The 44-year-old IAS officer was suspended by the Jharkhand government on May 12 as part of the procedure undertaken, in case of a government servant being arrested in a criminal case, within 24 hours of the receipt of information
Singhal, the state mining department secretary, was arrested on May 11 by the ED after two consecutive days of interrogation.
The agency had produced her before the special PMLA court and took her into custody for five days from May 12, which was later extended to May 20.
The ED has interrogated two district mining officers and summoned two others in connection with the case.
“The extension of Singhal’s custody was sought to confront her and others based on digital devices reports. Asset details and other information are also being sought,” sources in ED said.
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