Ranchi: A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Aanand Sen directed the state Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take over the investigation from the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into the alleged multi-million rupees MNREGA fraud in the West Singhbhum area and submit a report by October 31.
The Enforcement Directorate was directed to submit a report by October 31 after the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Justice Aanand Sen heard a plea submitted by one Matlub Alam.
The issue relates to an alleged scam that occurred in the West Singhbum district between 2008 and 2011. In this regard, the Jharkhand police had 14 cases lodged, but in 2015 they were transferred to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Alam then filed the PIL in 2021 asking for an investigation by an impartial agency.
“Since these matters had been languishing at various stages of investigation for a decade, we pleaded for an impartial investigation. The court has now ordered the ED to look into the case,” he claimed.
The ED is already looking into a different MNREGA scam case in the Khunti area. On May 11, 2022, the ED detained IAS Pooja Singhal in connection with that case on suspicion of money laundering. The alleged scam took place when Singhal was the Khunti Deputy Commissioner from 2009-10.
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