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.
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.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren is requested to make himself available for questioning between January 27 and 31, as the probe agency seeks to gather additional information related to the case.
Land scam case: There will be restrictions on traffic movement near CM's residence until the questioning gets over, the official said. The agency had sent a letter on January 13 asking the chief minister to be available for questioning in the case between January 16 and January 20.
The Enforcement Directorate recently granted Hemant Soren a 'last opportunity' to record his statement in connection with an alleged land scam. In response, the Jharkhand Chief Minister labelled the summons as 'illegal' in his communication with the agency.
The 48-year-old Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader was questioned by the ED in November last year in another money-laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state.
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The Enforcement Directorate raided the premises of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's press advisor, the officials of Sahibganj district and a former MLA as part of a money laundering probe into alleged illegal mining in the state, official sources said.
The searches are being carried out at over 10 locations, including Jharkhand CM's press advisor Abhishek Prasad's residence and the residence of Sahebganj Deputy Commissioner.
The opposition BJP has claimed that Ahmad was made to quit so that the chief minister's wife Kalpana Soren could contest from the Gandey seat in case of any eventuality in connection with the ED summonses.
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Soren has been facing the legal heat since the arrest of Pooja Singhal, a former state mines department secretary. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader was questioned by the ED in November last year in another money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining case.
The ED has issued seventh summons to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land scam.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren also stated that his government would reserve 75 per cent of the jobs for locals in companies that set up offices in the state.
This is the sixth notice issued to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, but he never deposed as he filed a petition before the Supreme Court and later the Jharkhand High Court seeking protection from the ED action and terming the summons as "unwarranted".
CM Soren said that the concern of protecting the traditional religious existence of tribals is certainly a serious question. Today, the demand for Tribal/Sarna Religious Code is being raised so that this nature-worshipping tribal community can be confident about its identity.
Soren filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court on Saturday (September 24) challenging the summons issued by the ED against him after the Supreme Court refused to hear his plea.
The ED has arrested Soren's political aide Pankaj Mishra and two others — local muscleman Bachhu Yadav and Prem Prakash — in this case.
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