Ranchi: The officer in-charge of Argora police station Binod Kumar Singh is stated to have filed a writ petition before the Jharkhand High Court against the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his questioning in Jharkhand Congress MLAs cash case.
The ED wants to question him in the Jharkhand Congress MLAs’ cash case in which a zero FIR was lodged by the officer on the written complaint of the Congress MLA Jaimangal Singh alias Anoop Singh. That FIR was transferred to Bengal police by him.
The ED had issued him a second summons and asked him to appear before the agency today. The ED wants to know that under what circumstances he lodged a zero FIR. But the officer did not turn up even on second summons and filed a writ petition.
Earlier, when the ED had summoned him, the officer said that he needed direction from his seniors about this summons of the agency and he would act as per the direction.
Jharkhand Congress MLA Jaimangal Singh alias Anoop Singh had lodged a zero FIR on July 31st last year against another Congress MLA Irfan Ansari for allegedly offering him a bribe of Rs 10 Crore and a ministerial berth to topple the Hemant Soren led JMM-Congress-RJD government in Jharkhand. Besides, he had also named BJP’s Assam CM as a part of a conspiracy to destabilize the government. The FIR was lodged a day after Irfan Ansari along with MLAs Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kacchap was detained along with Rs cash to the tune of Rs. 49 Lakh by the Bengal police at Howrah.
This Zero FIR was transferred to Bengal police by Argora police station.
The ED wants to know from the officer in-charge as to when Anoop Singh came to lodge the FIR and what ground he lodged a zero FIR and later on transferred to Bengal police.
