ED issues fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister for questioning in money laundering case

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued a fresh notice to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning in a money laundering case related to alleged land embezzlement, official sources said. Sources said on Monday that Soren, 48, asked him to make the declaration at the federal agency’s regional office in Hino area here and file his declaration under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Prime Minister’s quote is for December 12, sources said.

This is the sixth notification sent to Soren, but he never testified as he filed petitions before the Supreme Court and then the Superior Tribunal of Jharkhand seeking protection from ED action and termed the citation as “inappropriate”. Both tribunals had rejected his petition.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader had confirmed before the High Tribunal that the citation was issued against him due to “maliciousness” and that false allegations were being made against him with the sole purpose of creating political uncertainty and unrest in the state. Were.

ED issues its first citation for August 14.

The investigation has cited the Education Department as saying that “a big scam of illegal land property exchange is going on by mafias” in Jharkhand.

The agency arrested 14 people in the case, including Chhavi Ranjan, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer since 2011, who previously served as director of the state social welfare department and assistant commissioner of Ranchi.

Soren was questioned by the ED in November last year in another money laundering case related to alleged illegal mining in the state.