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Jharkhand News: In view of the information shared by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under Section-66(2), the matter of registering an FIR against Pooja Singhal has reached the final stage. After the Law Secretary, the Advocate General has also agreed to the proposal to register an FIR. Now after the consent of the Chief Minister, an FIR will be registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act). The ED shared the information with the state government in November 2022.
The proposal was sent to the government
The ED had shared information under Section 66(2) of the PMLA with the state government after filing a charge sheet in the MNREGA scam and recording statements of district mining officials in the case of illegal mining. In the light of the information received from the ED, a proposal to register an FIR against Pooja Singhal under sections of the PC Act was prepared and sent to the government by the Personnel Administrative Department.
Law Department and Advocate General gave opinion
After considering this proposal, the government sought the opinion of the Law Department in this matter. After reviewing the information provided by the ED and the relevant documents, the Law Department gave its consent to the proposal to lodge an FIR against Pooja Singhal. After the opinion of the Law Secretary, the government sought the opinion of the Advocate General of the state in this matter. The Advocate General has also given his consent to register an FIR under the relevant sections of the PC Act in view of the information provided by the ED. It took about five months to complete this process.
Waiting for CM’s consent
After the opinion of the Advocate General, now the final decision has to be taken from the level of the Chief Minister. After the consent is given by the Chief Minister, an FIR will be lodged in this matter. In the light of the decision given by the Supreme Court in the case of Madan Lal Choudhary vs Central Government, it is necessary to take action against the guilty persons in the light of information shared by ED under Section-66(2) of PMLA.
Directorate told the government: embezzlement of 18 crores in MNREGA scam
In the information shared by the Enforcement Directorate with the government in November 2022, it was said that 18 crores had been embezzled in the MNREGA scam. Engineers Ram Vinod Sinha, RK Jain, Shashi Prakash, JK Chowdhary and Pooja Singhal have been found involved in this embezzlement case. Huge cash has been deposited in the bank account of the then Deputy Commissioner. Apart from this, District Mining Officers of many districts have also accepted the fact of giving money to CA Suman Kumar on the instructions of Pooja Singhal in their statement recorded under Section-50 of PMLA. 17.48 crore was seized from CA Suman Kumar’s house and Rs. 29.70 lakh from his office in the raids conducted during the investigation. Suman Kumar has accepted that a major part of the money recovered from his hideouts belonged to Pooja Singhal. Dumka’s District Mining Officer Krishna Kumar Kisku has accepted giving Rs 9 lakh to CA Suman Kumar, Pakur’s District Mining Officer Rs 87 lakh to CA. Along with the shared information, the ED has also sent a copy of the statement given by the CA as well as the district mining officials to the government. This includes the statement given by District Mining Officer Krishna Kumar Kisku, Pradeep Kumar Shah, Nitesh Kumar, Nadeem Safi, Nishant Abhishek and Vibhuti Kumar under Section-50 of PMLA.
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