Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized around Rs 3 crore in cash during a raid at a location in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. As per ED officials, the raid was part of a money laundering investigation against IAS officer Pooja Singhal and others.
According to the Enforcement Directorate, Several wads of 500 and 2000 notes were seized from the premises of Mohammed E Ansari.
The probe agency recovered the cash in connection with the ongoing money laundering case against Pooja Singhal.
ED had arrested Singhal, a 2000 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, on May 11 last year. She was arrested on charges linked to alleged irregularities in the MGNREGA scheme.
The Supreme Court granted interim bail to Pooja Senghalfor for two months in February.
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