Ranchi: Today, the Enforcement Directorate has issued a third notice to CM Hemant Soren in the land scam case. According to the information, ED has again asked CM Hemant Soren to appear at the regional office in Ranchi for questioning on 9th September.
Ranchi: Today, the Enforcement Directorate has issued a third notice to CM Hemant Soren in the land scam case. According to the information, ED has again asked CM Hemant Soren to appear at the regional office in Ranchi for questioning on 9th September.
On the other hand, CM Hemant has already challenged ED’s summons in the Supreme Court. He has termed the summons as unconstitutional and motivated by malicious intent. CM Hemant Soren has challenged ED’s summons in the Supreme Court, saying it was motivated by maliciousness. In this, he has made the Ministry of Justice and Law and the Directorate of ED a respondent. However, the date of hearing in the court has not yet been fixed in this matter.
Let us tell you that last year also the investigating agency had called Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning in the illegal mining case. ED had first issued summons to Chief Minister Hemant Soren on August 14 in the land scam case.
In response to this, the Chief Minister termed the summons as unconstitutional and motivated by malicious intent and asked to withdraw the summons. After this, ED sent summons for the second time and asked to appear in its office in Ranchi on August 24. After this he filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
ED has based the FIR lodged in the light of the raids conducted on April 13 and 26, 2023, to summon Hemant. During the raid on April 13, ED had seized land related documents kept in boxes from the house of revenue employee Bhanu Pratap.
On August 14, he is expected to be questioned in connection with the purchase and sale of land in Ranchi by forging documents. Apart from this, there is a possibility of inquiry in the case of wrongful purchase and sale of tribal land and illegal occupation.
