IAS officer arrested in money laundering case, sent to ED custody for 5 days

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pooja Singhal, the secretary of Jharkhand mining department, was arrested in connection with a money laundering case.

Pooja Singhal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case on Wednesday. She was questioned for several hours before the arrest. She will remain in the ED’s custody for five days.

The case involves the alleged embezzlement of crores of MGNREGA funds in Jharkhand.