The Enforcement Directorate arrested Hemant Soren after over seven hours of questioning on money laundering charges in an alleged land fraud case. Before the arrest, Soren tendered his resignation as the Chief Minister.
Jagdish Kumar Arora, a retired chief engineer, and contractor Anil Kumar Aggarwal have been taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Hemant Soren after over seven hours of questioning on money laundering charges in an alleged land fraud case. Before the arrest, Soren tendered his resignation as the Chief Minister.
Jharkhand LIVE: Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate shortly after he tendered his resignation from the Jharkhand Chief Minister's post in Ranchi.
Amid suspense about his whereabouts, he reached his official residence in Ranchi on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The prohibitory orders were clamped in key areas of Ranchi, and a three-member team has been formed to oversee the law and order situation in the Jharkhand capital.
In the Rs 200 crore money laundering case, Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez sought the quashing of ECIR (FIR) and supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
Nishikant Dubey, a BJP leader, recently alleged that Hemant Soren intends to nominate his wife, Kalpana Soren, as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. This claim has sparked curiosity about Kalpana Soren's background and role in politics.
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested 14 people in connection with the case, including Chhavi Ranjan, a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who had previously served as the director of the state social welfare department and deputy commissioner of Ranchi.
The federal agency searched the 5/1 Shanti Niketan residence of the JMM leader in south Delhi on Monday and camped there for almost 13 hours in order to question him.
The central probe agency had issued the summons to Tejashwi on January 19. He reached ED's office a day after his father and RJD chief Lalu Yadav was quizzed by the probe agency in its Patna office.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, connected to a money-laundering case related to an alleged land scam, had been summoned by the ED for questioning. He responded by providing a date for questioning on January 31.
Jharkhand: Despite the Chief Minister's office confirming his appearance for an ED investigation on January 31, Hemant Soren's whereabouts are unknown, raising concerns about the Chief Minister's apparent evasion in response to the ED's actions.
The alleged scam occurred when Lalu Yadav was Railway Minister between 2004 and 2009. Apart from the RJD national president, the chargesheet also includes the name of the then Railway General Manager.
A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrived at the official residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Delhi as part of an investigation into a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.
The Enforcement Directorate officials had recorded the chief minister's statement on January 20 at his official residence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). It was learnt that the fresh summons was issued as the questioning was not completed that day.
Manish Sisodia, a prominent AAP figure, has filed for regular bail in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy money laundering case, taking the legal route to address the charges against him.
ED summons to Hemant Soren: The ED recorded Hemant Soren's statement for the first time in the case on January 20 after its investigators went to his official residence in Ranchi.
Sanjay Raut's brother Sandeep Raut has been asked to depose before the central agency at its office in Mumbai next week.
Earlier, a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked during a raid in North 24 Parganas district. The incident occurred in the village belonging to TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh.
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