ED transfers main investigating officer in Punjab drugs case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has transferred its main investigator in Punjab, who was probing cases related to the high-profile Rs 6,000 crore drugs money laundering crime in the state.
Sources said the transfer orders of ED's Assistant Director Niranjan Singh in Jalandhar were issued last evening by the agency's headquarters here.
It is understood that he was transferred on the ground that many important cases like the Saradha and Rose Valley scams are being probed there and his services would be better used there.
Singh was the main investigator in the drugs money laundering case and he was also part of the team which recently questioned Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia in the same case in Jalandhar.

The officer was also the main officer for probe into a number of money laundering and forex violations cases that are being conducted in the state for a long time now.
"The officer has been transferred to Kolkata. There is no connection with his transfer and the drugs case he was probing. It was felt his services were more required in Kolkata and the regional in-charge there had requested ED headquarters to send some good officers," sources in the agency said.
They said Singh is being sent on "an important" assignment in Kolkata and because of his good work he is being given a "challenging work".

The officer, last year, along with few other sleuths of the agency was awarded the best ED investigator award at a ceremony and is known as one the finest in the domain of money laundering and foreign exchange violation cases.