Following the Adjudicating Authority’s clearance, the government seizes the assets worth Rs 82.77 crore that belonged to suspended IAS Pooja Singhal and were allegedly acquired through the MNREGA scam. On December 1, 2022, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized her assets, including the Ranchi-based Pulse Super Specialty Hospital and Pulse Diagnostic and Imaging Centre.
The Pulse Hospital and Diagnosis Center’s continued operation will now be decided by the government. In addition to this, two of her plots were taken. Singhal, however, had the opportunity to appeal until the Adjudicating Authority made a decision regarding confiscation, but the government has already taken control of it.
According to sources, Pulse Hospital would continue to operate and will be given to Deoghar AIIMS for the same reason because it has state-of-the-art amenities and pricey medical equipment worth many crores installed.
Pooja Singhal, an IAS officer from the 2000 batch, was detained by the ED on May 11 of last year after more than 15 hours of questioning in connection with a money laundering case involving the alleged theft of MGNREGA funds and other allegations.
Several FIRs filed by the Jharkhand Police and Anti-Corruption Bureau served as the foundation for the money laundering investigation that the ED had begun. Investigations found that Pooja Singhal and her family members had deposited proceeds of crime (POC) from the MGNREGA fraud in a number of different bank accounts.
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