Hemant Soren Ex-Jharkhand CM Remanded to Judicial Custody in Money Laundering Case

Vaibhav Ojha

2 years ago

Hemant Soren was arrested on the night of January 31 after a seven-hour grilling by the ED in the money laundering case. He had resigned as the Chief Minister before that. On February 2, the court granted five days of ED custody to Soren and extended it twice for seven days in total.

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Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Remanded to Judicial Custody in Money Laundering Case

Ranchi: A Special PMLA court Today (15 Feb 2024), remanded Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s top executive, Hemant Soren, had been under ED custody.

“Hemant Soren appeared before the special PMLA court today, where he was placed under judicial custody until February 22. We will proceed with a bail application on his behalf,”

-stated Advocate General Rajeev Ranjan, representing the former chief minister.

Soren was transferred to Birsa Munda Central Jail in Hotwar, Ranchi, following the court hearing.

He was apprehended by the ED on January 31. Subsequently, on February 2, the court granted five days of ED custody, which was extended twice, totaling seven days.

Case against Soren

The agency added that land parcels spanning 8.5 acres were part of the criminal proceeds that the former CM allegedly acquired. ED stated that in a raid conducted on April 13, 2023, they unearthed several property-related records and registers that were in the possession of Revenue Sub-Inspector Bhanu Pratap Prasad.

It informed further that the probe further revealed that Bhanu Pratap Prasad and others are part of a “very large syndicate involved in corrupt practices of acquiring properties forcefully as well as on the basis of false deeds. The probe pertains to proceeds of crime generated by allegedly forging official records by showing ‘fake sellers’ and purchasers in the guise of forged or bogus documents to acquire huge parcels of land having value in crores.