ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, summons sent for the sixth time in land scam case

Land Scam Case: Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has received a new summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear in person for questioning about a money laundering case involving purported land scam.

According to official sources, Soren has been requested to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Tuesday at the ED office. This information was released on Monday. On December 12, Chief Minister Soren is scheduled to appear before the federal agency.

Soren has received six notices from the Enforcement Directorate, but he hasn’t even made an appearance in front of the organization. The summons was sent out in August, but CM Soren had disregarded it, saying he was preoccupied with the state’s Independence Day celebrations.

Following this, he was noticed to return on August 24 and September 9, but he did not show up in front of the ED due to a busy schedule.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren has previously filed a Supreme Court petition contesting the validity of the ED summons. On the other hand, the Supreme Court told him to go to the High Court. The CM again challenged the ED summons in the High Court in such a situation.

ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in land scam case, called for questioning on August 24

Hemant Soren, the chief minister of Jharkhand, has received a new summons from the ED in the land purchase and sale case. Hemant Soren will be questioned by the ED on August 24. He will also be questioned over the benami properties owned by him and his family.

Earlier, on August 14, the ED had summoned Soren for interrogation. However, citing some pressing work, Soren did not show up before the ED. ED has now issued a summons for questioning as of August 24.

ED has already called out Soren once before this. Chief Minister Hemant Soren was questioned by the ED in the illicit mining matter as early as November 2022. In two different cases, ED is investigating Hemant Soren.

14 persons have been detained thus far in relation to the land fraud. Prem Prakash, a close adviser to the chief minister, Chhavi Ranjan, a former deputy commissioner of Ranchi, Amit Agarwal, a businessman headquartered in Kolkata, Vishnu Agarwal, the proprietor of Nucleus Mall, and CO Bhanupratap are among those detained. The names of a few politicians also surfaced during the interrogation of the suspects in this case.

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