Ranchi: The difficulties of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren have increased. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to him in the Money Laundering Case. ED has called Hemant Soren for questioning on 14th August. The ED alleges that along with CM Soren, his family members also have a hand in the land scam. So far 13 people have been arrested in this case.
Ranchi: The difficulties of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren have increased. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to him in the Money Laundering Case. ED has called Hemant Soren for questioning on 14th August. The ED alleges that along with CM Soren, his family members also have a hand in the land scam. So far 13 people have been arrested in this case.
The ED had earlier questioned Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for about 10 hours on November 18, 2022, in the illegal mining case related to the land scam. Soren wrote an open letter to the ED after questioning. Now once again Hemant Soren has been called by ED for questioning.
In the case of land scam in Ranchi, investigation is being done on the basis of the report of the then Commissioner of Ranchi Division, Nitin Madan Kulkarni. After conducting an inquiry in connection with the land occupied by the army, the commissioner submitted the report to the government. It has been said in the report that illegal occupation of army land has been done on the basis of fake name and address. Ranchi Municipal Corporation lodged a complaint in this matter. ED registered this FIR as ECIR and started investigation.
Meanwhile, in the land scam case, the ED is questioning the owner of Nucleus Mall, Vishnu Aggarwal. The court had given a remand of four days to interrogate Vishnu Aggarwal. Vishnu Aggarwal was arrested on 31 July. ED officials questioned him for more than five hours. After not being satisfied with his answer, he was arrested, after which he was presented in the court the next day. From where he was sent to ED on remand for five days.
ED has identified POC related to illegal mining of more than Rs 1000 crore in this case. During the investigation conducted by ED in the case, searches were conducted at 47 places across India on several dates. As a result, 5.34 crore cash was seized, bank balances were frozen. Apart from this, the ED has also seized a Hiva truck, two AK-47 assault rifles along with several incriminating documents.
