ED raids 18 premises in Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal in MNREGA fund embezzlement case.

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided a number of areas, together with the premises of Jharkhand’s Mining Secretary, in a cash laundering case associated to alleged embezzlement of Rs 18 crore in MGNREGA funds in Jharkhand’s Khunti district. Officers gave this data . He stated that raids are being carried out in 18 premises in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal below the provisions of Prevention of Cash Laundering Act. Based on officers, the premises of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and Jharkhand Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal are additionally being searched. This case was registered below PMLA by Enforcement Directorate in 2020 in opposition to Jharkhand Junior Engineer Ram Binod Prasad Sinha. is related to. The central company had taken cognizance of 16 FIRs and chargesheets filed in opposition to Sinha by the Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau a number of years again. In these, Sinha was accused of misusing his official place, forgery and misappropriation of presidency cash of Rs 18 crore via misappropriation of funds.