ED raids in Ranchi, recovers ₹1 cr. cash, 100 bullets in land grab case
The HinduThe Enforcement Directorate has seized ₹1 crore in cash and 100 live bullet rounds following raids in Ranchi as part of an alleged land grab-linked money laundering investigation against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and others, officials said Saturday, June 22, 2024. The raids were being carried out in the alleged land grab case against former CM and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren but pertains to a different land plot, according to sources. More than 25 persons including Soren, IAS officer and former Ranchi deputy commissioner Chhavi Ranjan, Bhanu Pratap Prasad and others have been arrested by the ED as part of the investigation into the case. Soren, 48, has strongly denied land grabbing charges saying the money laundering case was foisted against him by the BJP-led central government as part of a political vendetta.