Ranchi: Within the cash laundering case, the ED has raided a number of places of former Bishop PC Singh together with Jharkhand. In step with the guidelines won from the assets, there may be information of an individual named Jayant Agarwal being taken into custody from Ranchi’s Bahubazar. Even supposing it has no longer been formally showed. The ED on Wednesday performed raids in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand in reference to a cash laundering case in opposition to Church of North India (CNI) moderator PC Singh, former Bishop of Jabalpur. The flats of a few of his members of the family have additionally been raided. In step with knowledge, a number of ED groups raided 10 places together with Jabalpur, Ranchi and Nagpur, and claimed to have seized a number of incriminating paperwork.
ED had registered the case closing 12 months
In September closing 12 months, the ED had registered a case beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) after taking cognizance of an EOW FIR naming PC Singh and his son Piyush Paul. Due to this fact, PC Singh was once taken into custody via the EOW on September 12 in Jabalpur in reference to a case registered beneath IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. Chhattisgarh-based activist Nilesh Lawrence, whose grievance resulted in the EOW searches, alleges that Singh had leased out a primary assets to the CNI in 2016.
Allegations of diverting price range for private use
PC Singh was once accused of misusing his place to rename the Nagpur Diocesan Board of Schooling with out the board’s consent and to nominate himself as its chairman. He’s additionally accused of diverting price range from tutorial establishments within the Jabalpur Diocese to non secular establishments and for his private use.