Hemant Soren was arrested from the post of Chief Minister of Jharkhand by ED on Wednesday night. He is not only accused of army land scam but also has other allegations. On Wednesday, ED interrogated Hemant Soren for several hours. ED had issued a total of ten summons to Hemant Soren but he was not appearing before the ED. On Monday, the ED team reached his Delhi residence but Hemant Soren was not found there either. ED team recovered BMW car and Rs 36 lakh during investigation. Now let us understand what is the allegation against Hemant Soren.
Know, what is land scam?
A case of land scam worth crores and related money laundering has been registered against Hemant Soren. The whole matter is of army land spread over 8.46 acres. This plot is located in Badgai, Ranchi. It has 12 plots which are allotted in the names of different people. ED had also interrogated Hemant Soren in this regard on January 20. In Ranchi, ED talked to Hemant Soren for about 7 hours. Before January 20, ED had issued a total of 7 summons to Soren. The first summons against him was issued on 14 August 2023.
ED alleges that fake documents were used to take possession of army land worth crores and money laundering worth crores was done on a large scale in the entire case. In the land scam, ED had said that fake buyers and sellers were created using fake documents and the original records were falsified. ED says that Hemant Soren is involved in the entire case. The investigating agency has attached total assets worth Rs 236 crore of the accused in this case.
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14 people already arrested
Revenue sub-inspector Bhanu Pratap of the region has been arrested in the Jharkhand land scam. The agency has arrested a total of 14 people in this case. Among them is 2011 batch IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan. On April 13, 2023, ED had raided 22 locations in Jharkhand as well as Bihar and West Bengal in this case.
After tightening the noose of ED in the whole matter, Hemant Soren had also approached the Supreme Court but did not get any relief from the Supreme Court. The court had asked to go to the High Court. ED had told the court that Hemant Soren violated the rules by not appearing despite the summons. After which the pressure on him increased even more.
Case of illegal mining also against Soren
Apart from the land scam, a case related to illegal mining is also registered against Hemant Soren. In this also he is accused of money laundering. This illegal mining is from Sahebganj. Hemant Soren is accused of giving the mining lease in the year 2021. Giving the lease was against election rules. However, ED has already interrogated Soren in this case.
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