Hemant Soren skips deadline to respond to ED’s seventh summon
Hindustan TimesJharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren skipped responding to the Directorate of Enforcement, which, on December 29, sent him the seventh summons, asking him to decide the date, time, and place for questioning in connection with an ongoing money laundering case related to fraudulent land parcel sales, an official familiar with the matter said on Monday. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren pays homage to the activists who died during the revolt against the British on January 1, 1948, at Kharsawan in Saraikela-Kharsawan district on Monday. “Since you have not come to the office of the Directorate of Enforcement in response 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 a place, date, and time mutually convenient to you as well as the undersigned, which should be within seven days of receipt of this notice/Summons,” the ED stated in the summons issued on Friday. He also approached the Supreme Court and then the Jharkhand high court seeking protection from the ED’s actions, terming the summons “unwarranted”.