Herald case: ED official transferred - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) official, who had recommended closure of the National Herald case, has been shifted to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Himanshu Kumar Lal, Joint Director with the ED, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the UIDAI under the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

In his letter to the Revenue Department in Union Finance Ministry, Lal had earlier this year said the money-laundering investigation in the National Herald case could not be initiated as no police case had been registered under any statutory provisions pertaining to predicate offences.

Lal would serve in the new post for the remainder of his tenure on central deputation till December 26, 2016, according to the new order.