Jharkhand court sends Pooja Singhal to four-day ED remand

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A local court in Jharkhand on Monday sent suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal and her chartered account Suman Kumar to four-day Enforcement Directorate remand. The ED custody begins from Tuesday.

“The data has been collected from digital devices & they'll be confronted with it. So, they've been taken under ED remand,” BMP Singh, the probe agency's lawyer said.

Singhal, who was serving as the Jharkhand mining secretary, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on May 12 in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti district of the state.

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