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Ranchi: The Adjudicating Authority has confirmed the action taken by the Enforcement Directorate to confiscate the property of Pooja Singhal and her family members. The value of the seized property is Rs 82.77 crore. Pooja Singhal had earned illegal income by misusing her position. The property was bought after laundering it. The attached assets include Pulse Hospital, Pulse Diagnostic, machines, equipment and land.
This information has been given in the release issued by the Enforcement Directorate. It states that the ED has launched a money laundering probe in the MNREGA scam on the basis of FIRs lodged by police and vigilance. In this, it was found that the money earned from the MNREGA scam was deposited in cash in the accounts of Pooja Singhal and her family members. After this the property was bought from it. The ED raided the locations of Pooja Singhal and others on May 6, 2022, during the investigation of the case. Rs 19.76 crore was seized during the raid.
ED had found in the investigation that an attempt was made to justify the wrongly earned money with the help of banking channels. During the investigation, Pooja Singhal was arrested on 11 May 2022. He is currently in jail due to the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant him bail. After investigating the case, the ED filed a charge sheet against six including Pooja Singhal. After this, on December 1, 2022, the property purchased with the help of laundering was temporarily confiscated.
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