Law Kumar Mishra
Ranchi, May 28
A mining officer in Jharkhand has never met Chartered Accountant (CA) Suman Singh but transferred online hefty account to his account; a transaction that had come to the scanner of Enforcement Directorate.
Singh is the CA of Pooja Singhal, the 2000-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, who had been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering case. She had been charged of committing serious financial irregularities in the execution of MGNREGA works while she was Deputy Commissioner in important districts.
Besides Pooja, CA Suman Singh had also been arrested in the case. Now, a few mining officers had also come under the lens of the ED as the IAS officer was also holding important department of mining and industry.
The ED had summoned mining officers of three districts. One of them had been grilled by the ED officers in connection with a hefty amount transferred from his account to Sanjay Singh. Interestingly, the mining officer had never met the CA nor had any official engagement with him. Despite, he had made a number of transfers to his account.
Sources said Suman Singh used to sit in the official chamber of Pooja Singhal at the mining department. During the May 6 raid in Ranchi, the ED had seized Rs 19.31 crore cash from the office and residence of Suman Singh.
The investigating officers had extensive quizzed the mining officers and had even showed many incriminating documents of money transfer. Sources said ED suspected that the CA was IAS officer’s conduit for the money laundering of Pooja Singhal.
The transfer made by the mining officer has reportedly substantiated the doubts of the ED.
