SC to hear ED plea challenging bail to Hemant Soren in money laundering case on July 29
The HinduThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 29 an Enforcement Directorate plea challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order granting bail to Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. Mr. Soren, the executive president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, had resigned as chief minister shortly before the ED arrested him on January 31 in the case. Earlier during the hearing in the High Court, the ED's counsel had argued that if Mr. Soren was released on bail, he might commit a similar offence and referred to cases against ED officers in the SC/ST police station. The ED, opposing Mr. Soren's bail plea, had alleged that he misused his position as the chief minister to "unlawfully" acquire 8.86 acres of land in the Bargain area in the State capital.