VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, May 7: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested chartered accountant Suman Singh in the alleged money laundering case involving the Secretary of the mining and industry departments, Pooja Singhal.
Pooja Singhal is also said to have been questioned by the ED sleuths on Saturday about documents and cash recovered during raids. But top officials of the ED denied having questioned her on Saturday. “She was not questioned on Saturday,” sources replied. ED sources have said that it was only a matter of time when 2000 batch IAS officer Pooja Singhal will be summoned.
The ED sources confirmed his arrest on Saturday. Sources said that Suman Singh was questioned in detail at the ED office about the recovery of Rs 19.31 Crore from his office on Friday during the raid. Suman Singh is the chartered accountant of Pooja Singhal’s husband Abhishek Jha whose premises and the hospital were also raided by the ED.
While the arrested accused Suman Singh is set to be produced before the special PMLA court in Ranchi, the ED will seek his police remand. “He was questioned last night and summoned for questioning on Saturday morning,” sources in the ED said. It is reliably learned that Suman Singh has revealed many things that may land Pooja Singhal and her husband in trouble.
