Officer picked for crucial assignment in bengal: ED
19 Jan 2015 12:25 AM GMT
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday sought to downplay the transfer of its main investigator in Punjab in the probe related to the high-profile Rs 6,000 crore drug money laundering case there, saying he has been “specially selected” to take over an “important assignment” in Kolkata where big scam cases like Saradha are being pursued.
The agency also rejected speculation that the transfer orders of its Jalandhar-based Assistant Director Niranjan Singh were issued after some purported phone calls between local agency officials and state politicians were detected and reported by central agencies to the ED head office here.
“It is denied that any calls were made on January 3 between a senior ED officer and some politician. It is also denied that any report was given by a central agency to ED headquarters about any calls.
“There is no truth in the news report (making the above claim) and the said report is totally unsubstantiated and false. There is also no truth in the report that transfers and postings are because of above cited reasons,” ED’s Deputy Director at its headquarters, Rajeshwar Singh, said in a statement.
The agency also rejected speculation that the transfer orders of its Jalandhar-based Assistant Director Niranjan Singh were issued after some purported phone calls between local agency officials and state politicians were detected and reported by central agencies to the ED head office here.
“It is denied that any calls were made on January 3 between a senior ED officer and some politician. It is also denied that any report was given by a central agency to ED headquarters about any calls.
“There is no truth in the news report (making the above claim) and the said report is totally unsubstantiated and false. There is also no truth in the report that transfers and postings are because of above cited reasons,” ED’s Deputy Director at its headquarters, Rajeshwar Singh, said in a statement.
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