Ranchi: Enforcement Directorate Officials Arrive At Hemant Soren's Residence

According to the sources, a mail was sent on Monday informing his availability to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)

08:56 PM Jan 29, 2024 IST | Aniket Raj

ranchi enforcement directorate officials arrive at hemant soren s residence

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The Enforcement Directorate officials on Monday arrived at the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi.
Further details are awaited.

#WATCH | ED officials present at the residence of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in Ranchi. Details awaited.
ED had written to him asking him to provide a date for questioning on January 29 or 31, or else the agency itself will go to him for questioning, in connection with a… pic.twitter.com/NuK8F0zzze
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Earlier, ED had written to Jharkhand CM asking him to provide a date for questioning on January 29 or 31, or else the agency itself will go to him for questioning, in connection with a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has given time to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about his availability for questioning on January 31, in connection with a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, sources said.

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According to the sources, a mail was sent on Monday informing his availability to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). As per sources, the central agency issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand CM Soren and asked him to be available for questioning on January 29 or 31, or else the agency itself will go to him for questioning. Notably, this is the tenth summons in the land scam case.

Earlier on January 22, ED issued a summons to Soren for the ninth time, asking him to be available for questioning between January 27 to 31 in the case. Meanwhile, on January 20, the Enforcement Directorate arrived in Ranchi to question the Jharkhand Chief Minister in the land scam case.

The eighth summons was issued to Soren on January 13, asking him to be available for questioning between January 16 to 20, in the case. ED had previously issued a summons to Jharkhand CM Soren's press advisor, Abhishek Prasad, to join its investigation on January 16 into an alleged money laundering probe linked to an illegal mining case.

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