ED issues 7th summons to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, says “last chance to record statement”
Op IndiaThe Enforcement Directorate issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday for questioning in connection with an alleged land scam. This is the seventh summons issued to CM Hemant Soren by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 asking him to record his statement. As he had not turned up on ED’s six summons, this time the agency has said that it is his last opportunity to record the statement. “Since you have not come to the office of the Directorate of Enforcement in obedience to the summonses issued to you, we are giving you this last opportunity to record your statement under section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, at the place, date and time, mutually convenient to you as well as the undersigned, which should be within 7 days of receipt of this notice/Summons,” said the ED in its summon.